History of ACORN

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, was the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.

From 1970 to its end in 2010, ACORN had grown to more than 175,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in 75 cities across the U.S. and in cities in Canada, the Dominican Republic and Peru.

ACORN's accomplishments include successful campaigns for better housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and more.

ACORN members participated in local meetings and actively worked on campaigns, electing leadership from the neighborhood level up, and paying the organization's core expenses through membership dues and grassroots fundraisers.

ACORN constantly challenged the traditional notions of what a community organization is, and its family of organizations included two radio stations, a voter registration network, a housing corporation, and several publications.

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Editor's 2 cents: Why, that evil organization! And, they were responsible for getting voters registered. The new voters usually voted Democratic! Trouble was...the Republicans couldn't have that. They needed to kill off as many of these voting blocks (blacks?) as possible.