A List of ACORN's "New" Groups



A LIST OF ACORN's "new" groups 
(updated July 1, 2012)



This list is a work in progress. It is compiled and regularly updated by Matthew Vadum at matthewvadum.com. Some of the below information was included in Vadum's book Subversion Inc.: How Obama's ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers.

These groups were created after ACORN filed for bankruptcy in New York on Election Day 2010 or were created before in anticipation of the bankruptcy.

State-level chapters that have incorporated as new nonprofit corporations and new organizations controlled by ACORN personnel:


ARIZONA

Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) website ("lucha" is Spanish for "fight")


Staff
Monica Sandschafer (former state director, Arizona ACORN)


Board



ARKANSAS

Arkansas Community Organizations website

Staff

Board



CALIFORNIA

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) website


Staff
Amy Schur (formerly with California ACORN)


Board


Home Defenders League website  This group appears not to have been incorporated. It is a project of ACCE. Longtime California ACORN operative David Lagstein, now an ACCE employee, registered the League's Internet domain name.


CONNECTICUT


See Massachusetts: New England United for Justice




DELAWARE

Delawareans for Social and Economic Justice website

Board (according to website)
Darlene Battle Executive Director
James Brunswick President
Nancy Willing Vice President
Hugh Alleyne Treasurer

Staff (according to website)
Angela Walker
Kimoko Harris
Earl Woodlen
Charles Boone


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


See Maryland: Communities United and Communities United Training and Education Fund


FLORIDA

Organize Now website

Staff

Board


LOUISIANA

A Community Voice website

Staff (according to website)
Marie Hurt  State Director
Frenzella Johnson  New Orleans Community Organizer
Beth Butler  Executive Director of Special Projects (Butler is wife of ACORN founder Wade Rathke.)

Board (according to website)
Lanny Roy  President
Beulah Labostrie  President Emeritus
Vanessa Gueringer  Vice President
Annie Falls
Loretta Thomas
Tanya Harris
Debra Campbell  Secretary/Treasurer
Justina Frazier


Alliance Institute website Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff (according to website)
Executive Director Stephen Bradberry

Operations Director Jeff Karlson

Organizer Crystal Dixon



Board (according to website)

Dr. Dennis Dillon

Fernand Jackson

Cleveland Rapheal

Keith Twitchell

Diana Winingder



MARYLAND

Communities United website

Staff

Board

Gloria Swieringa (?)

Communities United Training and Education Fund (website not found)

Staff

Board




MASSACHUSETTS


New England United for Justice website

Staff (according to website)
Noemi Mimi Ramos, Executive Director
Lucia M. Correia, Community Organizing Coordinator
Mary Garcia, Outreach Organizer
Yalonda Washington, Data Organizer
Korey Gray, Communications Organizer
Beatriz Stratter, Financial Consultant

Board (according to website)
Maude Hurd, President
Sandra Ramgeet, Vice President
Carla Stovell, Treasurer
Gladys Alexander, Secretary
Reggie Stovell, Community Liaison
Dora Vaughn
Olivia Hoskins
Alan Booth
Noemi Mimi Ramos, Assistant Clerk, Staff



MINNESOTA

Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change website Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff

Board


MISSOURI

Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) website Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff (according to website)
Executive Director Jeff Ordower (former ACORN organizer)

Lead Organizer Cathy de la Aguilera

Organizer James Houston

Organizer Hannah Allison


Board


NEW JERSEY

Communities United New Jersey website

Staff
Executive Director Trina Scordo (Change to Win organizer)

Board


NEW MEXICO

Organizers in the Land of Enchantment (OLÉ) website Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff

Board


NEW YORK

The Black Institute (website). This is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation formed in 2010 in New York. Tax returns: 2010 Form 990


Staff (according to website)
Ebony Constant, Organizing Associate

Board


Bertha M. Lewis, President (former ACORN national chief organizer)

Arthur Schwartz, Secretary
Michael Anicette, Treasurer
Altagracia Pierre
Carmen Wallace
Selvin Bushay
James Heylinger

Advisory Board (according to website)


Jose Alvarez – Principal, Alvarez Porter Group, LLC
John Banks – Vice President, Government Relations, Con Edison
Brian Figeroux, Esq. – Figeroux & Associates, P.C.
Roger Green – Executive Director, DuBois-Bunche Center for Public Policy
David Jones – President & CEO, Community Service Society of New York (CSS)
Bill Lynch – President, Bill Lynch & Associates
Cheryl McKissack – President, McKissack & McKissack
Rev. Connis Mobley – Sr. Pastor, United Community Baptist Church
Mary Sobecki – Program Officer, The Needmor Fund



New York Communities for Change websiteThis is a 501c4 nonprofit corporation formed in 2009 in New York. Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff

Board

Marie Pierre, President
Jean Sassine, Treasurer
Iona Emsley
Wilfredo Larancuent
Precilla Lockett
Ed Ott
Maria Polanco
Neva Shillingford
Leroy Johnson
Lorna Blake
Jon Kest, Executive Director



New York Communities Organizing Fund website (2010-2011 annual report). This is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation formed in 2010 in New York. Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff

Board (according to website)
Mark Peters, Chair
Dorothy Amadi
Deborah Axt
Russell Carter
Regina Castro
David Daniels
Hazel Dasent
Steven Flax
Philip Giles
Skip Roseboro




NORTH CAROLINA

Action NC website

Staff (according to website)

Pat McCoy  Executive Director
Gloria De Los Santos  Durham Director
Michael De Los Santos  Communications and Online Outreach Director
Luis Rodriguez  Community Organizer
Kevin Rogers  Policy & Public Affairs Director
Héctor Vaca  Charlotte Director

Board


PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania Neighborhoods for Social Justice (PNSJ) (website not found)

Staff

Board

Pennsylvania Communities Organizing for Change (PCOC) doing business as Action UnitedThis is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation formed in 2010 in Pennsylvania. website Tax returns: 2011 Form 990

Staff (according to website)
Craig Robbins, Executive Director
Maryellen Deckard, Western Regional Director
Julia Ramsey, State Political Director
Jennifer England, Communications Director
Urell Spain, Financial Literacy/Tax and Benefits Director
Rosalyn Carroll, Administrative Assistant
Jasmine Rivera, SE Regional Field Director
Fred Jones, SE Community Organizer (on the Fight for Philly staff in 2012)
Amanda Koprowski, SE Community organizer 
Desire Grover, Chester Community Organizer
Elly Porter Webb, SE Education organizer
Elizabeth Lassiter, SE Canvas director
Lindsey Duchac,  SE Community organizer
Denise Johnson, PT western campaign organizer
Jordan Romanus, trainee, western Community Organizer

Board (according to website)
Pat Worrell, Chair
Rosa Chacon, Secretary/Treasurer
Justin Diberardinas, Politics Chair
Irv Ackelsberg
Vallie Still
Fabricio Rodriguez
Anita Drummond
Gaius Jenkins
Mike Healy
Louise Malakoff
Lucille Prater-Holliday
Carolyn Banks
Daisy Cruz



RHODE ISLAND


See Massachusetts: New England United for Justice



TEXAS

Texas Organizing Project website

Staff (according to website)
Ginny Goldman Director  Texas
Michelle Tremillo  Deputy Director Texas
Crystal Zermeno  Director of Strategic Organizing Texas
Kimberly Olsen  Director of Voter Engagement Texas
Chris Young Organizing Director  Harris County
Allison Brim  Organizing Director Dallas County
Resha Thomas  Campaign Coordinator Houston
Gloria Villarreal  Office Manager Houston
Jayne Junkin  Lead Organizer Houston
Emi Zuniga Community Organizer  Rio Grande Valley
Angelica Garcia  Community Organizer Pasadena
Alain Cisneros  Community Organizer Houston
Kevin Marshall Community Organizer Houston
Christina Hidalgo Community Organizer Houston
Durrel Douglas Communications Coordinator Texas
Adriana Collazo Community Organizer Dallas
Danny Cendejas Community Organizer Dallas
Oscar Boleman  Special Projects Texas

Board (according to website)
Charlie Rodriguez, President Community Leader, El Paso
Steve Halvorson, Treasurer Community Leader, Pasadena
Robert Conley Community Leader, Irving
Melba Williams Community Leader, Dallas
Deborah Walker Community Leader, Houston
Humberto Garcia Community Leader, Pasadena

Advisory Committee (according to website)
Allan Van Fleet Partner, Greenberg Traurig Law Firm
John Henneberger Director, Texas Low Income Housing
and Information Services
Linda Bridges President, Texas Federation of Teachers
Stephan Fairfield  Director, Covenant Community Capital
Sylvia Garcia Houston
Elena Marks Houston
Rosie Castro Civic Leader – San Antonio
Naomi Aberly Civic Leader – Dallas
Jackie Martin Principal, JS Martin Associates
Becky Moeller  President, Texas AFL-CIO
Scott McCown  Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities
Aimee Boone Civic Leader – Dallas

Texas Organizing Project Education Fund (website not found). This is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation formed in 2009 in Texas. (Guidestar.org file) Tax returns: 2010 Form 990

Staff

Board
Alex Guzman, President
Patricia Ward, Vice President
Sara Crockett, Secretary/Treasurer
Carol Barger
Zeph Capo


WASHINGTON

Organization United for Reform (OUR) Washington (known as OUR Washington) website

Staff

Board

Theresa Guerrero, President
Antonio Lewis, Secretary
Donnie Naes, Treasurer