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his brothel. Multiple investigations were conducted and found that the released tapes were selectively edited to portray ACORN as negatively as possible, and found James O'Keefe's recordings violated privacy laws in Maryland and California. The organization conducted its own audits and cooperated with investigations of employees, referring some cases to law enforcement. Not one of the cases were forward to a judge. In the meantime, however, the organization suffered an immediate loss of funding from government agencies with which it had contracts and from private donors.
811:. On December 13, 1975, sixty leaders from the three ACORN states elected the first associate Executive Board and the first ACORN president, Steve McDonald, to deal with matters beyond the scope of the individual city and state boards. Each year thereafter ACORN chapters were established in three or more states, building to a total of 20 states represented by 1980. This expansion led to multi-state campaigns, beginning with a mass meeting of 1,000 members in 4554: 133: 31: 1287:$ 948,607.50 from the group and affiliated charitable organizations in 1999 and 2000. ACORN executives decided to handle it as an internal matter, and did not inform most of the board members or law enforcement, and instead signed an enforceable restitution agreement with the Rathke family to repay the amount of the embezzlement. $ 210,000 has already been repaid, and a donor, 1384:, after an independent internal investigation of ACORN, found the videos that had been released appeared to have been edited, "in some cases substantially". He found no evidence of criminal conduct by ACORN employees, but concluded that ACORN had poor management practices that contributed to unprofessional actions by a number of its low-level employees. On March 1, 2010, the 72: 1388:'s office for Brooklyn determined that the videos were "heavily edited" and "many of the seemingly crime-encouraging answers were taken out of context so as to appear more sinister", and concluded that there was no criminal wrongdoing by the ACORN staff in the videos from the Brooklyn ACORN office. On April 1, 2010, an investigation by the 1464:
organization was dogged for years by financial problems and accusations of fraud." "That 20-minute video ruined 40 years of good work," said Sonja Merchant-Jones, former co-chairwoman of ACORN's recently closed Maryland chapter. "But if the organization had confronted its own internal problems, it might not have been taken down so easily."
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ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis reported that ACORN was "still alive. We're limping along. We're on life support." Lewis said that ACORN's annual budget had been reduced from $ 25 million to $ 4 million, and that its staff of 350 to 600 people had been reduced to four. Lewis explained the controversies had left a stain on ACORN, "sort of like a
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and Hannah Giles secretly recorded, and released videos of interactions with low-level ACORN personnel in several of their offices. In the videos, James poses as a pimp attempting to start a brothel with underage immigrant girls from Central America. ACORN personnel attempt to help James with housing
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ACORN chapter. The report said claims that Iglesias was fired for poor performance were not credible, and the "real reason for Iglesias's removal was the complaints from New Mexico Republican politicians and party activists about how Iglesias handled voter fraud ." Iglesias did not believe there was
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On March 22, 2010, National ACORN spokesman Kevin Whelan says the organization's board decided to close remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1 because of falling revenues. Other national operations continued operating for another several weeks before shutting for good. On April 20,
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After the videos were made public, the U.S. Congress voted to eliminate federal funding to ACORN. The House passed a bill by a 345–75 vote to stop all federal funding to ACORN. Every House Republican who attended the vote backed the measure, as well as 172 Democrats, while only 75 Democrats opposed
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and O'Keefe posed as her boyfriend in order to elicit damaging responses from employees of ACORN. The videos were recorded over the summer of 2009 while visiting ACORN offices in eight cities, and purported to show low-level ACORN employees in several cities providing advice to Giles and O'Keefe on
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While some of ACORN's most notable efforts were in the area of housing, it has counted health, public safety, education, representation, work and workers' rights and communications concerns among its victories. The 1990 ACORN convention in Chicago focused on the fast-breaking housing campaign. It
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claimed in a subpoena that ACORN's board of directors found that a larger amount—$ 5 million—had been embezzled from the organization. Bertha Lewis, ACORN's CEO, said the allegation is false. On November 6, following up on the subpoena, Caldwell served a search warrant at the ACORN headquarters in
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In September 2008, following revelations of Dale Rathke's embezzlement, two members of ACORN's national board of directors filed a lawsuit seeking to obtain financial documents and to force the organization to sever ties with Wade Rathke. ACORN's executive committee voted unanimously to remove the
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that the following weekend, a teleconference was planned to discuss a bankruptcy filing; "private donations from foundations to Acorn all but evaporated," and the federal government had distanced itself from the group. "ong before the activist videos delivered what may become the final blow, the
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reported that ACORN was on the verge of filing for bankruptcy; 15 of the group's 30 state chapters had disbanded over the previous six months, and other chapters (including the largest, in New York and California) renamed themselves and severed all ties to the national organization. Two unnamed
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reported that, according to Wade Rathke, "the decision to keep the matter secret was not made to protect his brother but because word of the embezzlement would have put a 'weapon' into the hands of enemies of ACORN, a liberal group that is a frequent target of conservatives who object to ACORN's
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hearing room. It established ACORN Housing Corporation to assist people in moving into homes under the housing campaign, and to rehabilitate hundreds of houses addressed by the CRA. The ACORN convention in New York in 1992, called the "ACORN-Bank Summit", was organized to make deals with giant
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In late 2009, after various allegations of criminal activity due to the videos, a number of Democrats who once advertised their connections to ACORN began to distance themselves. In immediate response to the 2009 video controversy, the United States House and Senate, by wide margins, attached
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liquidation effectively closing the organization. ACORN members and organizers formed new organizations in at least three states while ACORN groups outside of the US continued unaffected. ACORN, under ACORN International, still works within the US through its Home Savers Campaign, for example.
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On August 13, 2010 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed Judge Gershon's decision. The appeals court cited a study finding that only 10% of ACORN's funding came from federal sources, and stated, "We doubt that the direct consequences of the appropriations laws temporarily
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amendments to pending spending legislation that would temporarily prohibit the federal government from funding ACORN, or any agency that had been involved in similar scandals — including money authorized by previous legislation. President Obama signed the bill into law on October 1.
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often strident advocacy on behalf of low- and moderate-income families and workers." A whistleblower revealed the embezzlement in 2008. On June 2, 2008, Dale Rathke was dismissed, and Wade stepped down as ACORN's chief organizer, but he remains chief organizer for
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charities; and the national nonprofit and nonstock organization, ACORN Housing Corporation. ACORN's priorities included: better housing and wages for the poor, more community development investment from banks and governments, better public schools,
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called this claim "breathtakingly inaccurate," but acknowledged that ACORN had problems with phony registrations. The ads also claimed that home loan programs ACORN promoted were partly responsible for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, claims which
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conspiracy theories. (In a follow-poll in 2012, PPP found that 49% of Republicans, nearly the same percentage as in 2009, believed that ACORN had stolen the 2012 election for Obama, despite the fact that by then ACORN was no longer operating.)
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The loss of funds had been too damaging, and by March 2010, 15 of ACORN's 30 state chapters had already closed. ACORN announced it was closing its remaining state chapters and disbanding. On November 2, 2010, its U.S. offices filed for
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According to the California Attorney General's investigation report, page 8, the recordings occurred in ACORN offices in eight cities: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San
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By 1980, ACORN's staff was stretched thin by the demands of meeting its expansion goals. Much of its resources and energy had been dedicated to the presidential primaries and national party conventions. ACORN launched
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The leadership and staff that were working with ACORN in California made the decision to break off from ACORN and launch a new organization here in California called Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
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found the videos from Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino to be "heavily edited," and the investigation did not find evidence of criminal conduct on the part of ACORN employees. On June 14, 2010, the U.S.
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ACORN was among groups conducting voter registration drives prior to the 2008 presidential election; it was alleged they were responsible for voter registration fraud and had a conflict of interest. During the
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laws, began their effort to create and sustain a movement to assist welfare and lower-income working individuals; they developed the Arkansas Community Organizations for Reform Now, the beginnings of ACORN.
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A Milwaukee offshoot of ACORN called Acorn Housing changed its name to Affordable Housing Centers of America yet has retained the same tax and employee identification numbers that it held under its former
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Throughout the election season, supporters of Republican candidates alleged that ACORN was responsible for widespread vote fraud. In October 2008, the campaign for Republican presidential candidate
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estimated that ACORN received $ 42 million in federal funds since the 2000 budget year; the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee estimated that ACORN received $ 53 million since 1994.
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conventions. ACORN was criticized by Republicans for its support of Democratic candidates and for its general support of political positions that are more often favored by Democrats.
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ACORN is a liberal organization, and in the US its legally separate political action arm frequently endorsed causes and candidates, including the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee
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ACORN wanted to endorse a candidate, setting a 75% support in polls among members as its requirement. No candidate reached that level, though there was strong support for
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featured a squatting demonstration at an RTC house. ACORN members demanded that banks provide loan data on low- and moderate-income communities and comply with the 1977
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efforts within its own organization by laying off two workers who were trying to organize. The two workers, both field organizers with ACORN, began discussions with the
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it. The Senate, earlier had passed a bill by an 83 to 7 margin to bar ACORN from receiving federal housing grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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New Orleans. Caldwell stated, "This is an investigation of everything—Acorn, the national organization, the local organization and all of its affiliated entities."
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Ranches" in Washington, DC and more than 35 other cities, in reaction to its belief that the president was focused on military as opposed to social spending. These
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released a Web-based advertisement claiming ACORN was responsible for "massive voter fraud," a point that Sen. McCain repeated in the final presidential debate.
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ACORN's membership grew to more than 70,000 in 28 states during this time. It increased its legislative lobbying efforts in Washington, DC, and strengthened its
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ACORN sued the United States Government in the United States District Court in Brooklyn over the measure, known as the "Defund ACORN Act", claiming it was a
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After ACORN International was founded, groups in other countries became affiliated, include Living Rent in Scotland and Alliance Citoyenne in France.
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causes and social justice issues. ACORN pursued these goals through demonstration, negotiation, lobbying for legislation, and voter participation.
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could potentially lead to money going to groups like ACORN. When asked how much money ACORN or other community groups would get, a spokesman for
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issued a preliminary injunction blocking the government from enforcing its temporary spending ban, a week before it was set to expire. The
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conference with the outline of a nine-point "People's Platform." When ratified in 1979, this became the foundation of ACORN's platform.
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and Gary Delgado, and, at its peak in the US, had over 500,000 members and more than 1,200 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities.
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precluding ACORN from federal funds were so disproportionately severe or so inappropriate as to constitute punishment." The
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agreed to a Neighborhood and Home Safety Program, linking access to insurance and lower rates to public safety programs.
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about what they described as the housing crisis in America. The last Reagan Ranch was held at the Republican Convention in
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Members and staff of California ACORN founded a new organization, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.
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two, "because their actions—such as releasing a confidential legal memo to the press—were damaging the organization."
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Although the resolutions were later nullified in a federal court ruling that the measure was an unconstitutional
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After the dissolution of ACORN in the US, some chapters continued operations by setting up new organization:
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reported on July 9, 2008, that Dale Rathke, the brother of ACORN's founder Wade Rathke, was found to have
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Seeds of Change: The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Antipoverty Community Organizing Group
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was created in 2004 as an offshoot of ACORN to aid the spread of ACORN's model to other countries.
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The Americanization of French social movements? Community organizing and its discontents in the
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how to avoid taxes and detection by the authorities with regard to their plans to engage in
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Housing will be the basis for all change in our country': an interview with Living Rent
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By the end of Reagan's first term, ACORN operated in 27 states, adding chapters in
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Damaging Brooklyn ACORN Sting Video Ruled 'Heavily Edited,' No Charges to Be Filed
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ACORN has worked on supporting a "Living Wage" programs, voter registration, and
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in 1978. At the end of the conference, ACORN convention delegates marched on the
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signing ceremony. ACORN worked for new voter registration laws in Arkansas and
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were erected for two days on national park grounds; they were resisted by the
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An Independent Governance Assessment of ACORN: The Path To Meaningful Reform
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Akers, Joshua; Seymour, Eric; Butler, Diné; Rathke, Wade (April 4, 2019).
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Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith-based Progressive Movements
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headquarters, and won a meeting to negotiate for similar programs.
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In addition to protesting, ACORN also developed and strengthened its
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campaigns in an attempt to obtain affordable housing, and encouraged
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lawyer, David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the
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ACORN Vindicated of Wrongdoing by the Congressional Watchdog Office
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and Factcheck.org also found to be exaggerated and inaccurate.
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sufficient evidence to support prosecution by the government.
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In the US, ACORN was composed of a number of legally distinct
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Fake pimp from ACORN videos tries to 'punk' CNN correspondent
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programming. It also sought and received appointments to the
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with the "People's Platform" serving as its standard. It led
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aimed at both major party candidates; demanded to meet with
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Willamette Week | "The ACORN that imploded"|March 6th, 2002
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Immigration political advocacy groups in the United States
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against certain state practices as a result of the act.
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Williamson, Elizabeth; Mullins, Brody (July 31, 2008).
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for below-market mortgages to low-income home-buyers.
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In 1993, ACORN also began a national campaign to fight
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Organizing the Movement: The Roots and Growth of ACORN
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Organizing the Movement: The Roots and Growth of ACORN
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and encouraged its members to run for office. For the
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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
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Scott Harshbarger and Amy Crafts (December 7, 2009).
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California AG Determines ACORN Broke No Criminal Laws
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found that 26% of respondents overall, believed in a
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