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What an introduction to organising in the US!
What an introduction to organising in the US! 2nd September 2016

Last night I was in the New York District Council of Carpenters building for a fantastic opening insight…
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Touch down. Hi from across the Atlantic.
Touch down. Hi from across the Atlantic.

Made it! New York city. USA. Finger prints? Check. Retina scan? Check. Totally lost seconds after leaving the…
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NYC's history of activism.
NYC’s history of activism. 3rd September 2016

So, I bumped into a few people campaigning for Donald Trump en route to a New York Activism…
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And then there were two....
And then there were two…. 4th September 2016

I have arrived safe and sound in NYC…..Albeit yesterday but was just too excited (ask Sean like a…
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East NYC and Jersey City....
East NYC and Jersey City…. 5th September 2016

Wow what a day…. Met with Frank and a few of his colleagues today to look at the…
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From Queens to Princeton 7th September 2016

I was very fortunate to spend the morning in Queens with Adhikaar, a group established in 2005 who…
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Brooklyn Life....
Brooklyn Life…. 8th September 2016

Just finished a day in East Brooklyn with Matthew, one of Frank’s colleagues and another organiser from the…
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Jersey City Together - Building power
Jersey City Together – Building power

It’ll take more than a blog to explain it, but Jersey City Together are some outfit. Organised with…
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Breaking Ground....
Breaking Ground…. 10th September 2016

Today was spent East side with Winston, another of Frank’s colleagues who organises ‘Manhattan Together’. Like Jersey Together…
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Slán tamaill New York
Slán tamaill New York

So that’s it for me. Slán tamaill (bye for now) New York. Ten days later and the whirlwind…
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A new age of housing for NYC?…

Today Brady exited the country, leaving me to continue the fight for social change state side alone. Very…
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#socialchange state side comes to an end.....
#socialchange state side comes to an end….. 12th September 2016

I was extremely fortunate to spend Saturday picnicking with some more of the ladies from the NDWA as…
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3rd trip. 1st blog. Frank's fault.
3rd trip. 1st blog. Frank’s fault. 11th March 2017

So what has happened since last Marisa and I were in the USA? I thought with this being…
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Slán New York. Fáilte go d'tí Boston.
Slán New York. Fáilte go d’tí Boston. 13th March 2017

Slán Ms Greene agus Dianne.  So that’s me packed up and outta New York. I’m on the Amtrack…
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Thank's O2 for connecting me to Boston.
Thank’s O2 for connecting me to Boston. 19th March 2017

About half an hour before I pulled up at the Back Bay station in Boston I realised I…
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Day 2 in Eastie – the blizzard hits.

Some time during the night the snow started. The governor had already declared a state of emergency. The…
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Pedro - from Juarez to Harvard
Pedro – from Juarez to Harvard 21st March 2017

I had spent two days living in Madeline and Pedro’s home talking about what we were doing with…
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Vida Urbana and signing off from USA
Vida Urbana and signing off from USA

I spent my last night in east Boston with 40 odd families facing various eviction threats – mostly…
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