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ACORN Changing Shape? <\/a>
Despite earlier reports that ACORN, the national coalition of community organizations that some conservatives love to hate, is effectively \u201cdissolving as a national structure,\u201d an ACORN spokesperson told The American Prospect that the national network \u201cstill exists.\u201d  \u2014KA \u201cTAPPED\u201d in The American Prospect \u201cIt is not true that ACORN is closed for business all across the country. It still exists. Bertha Lewis is still the CEO,\u201d Kevin Whelan told me. \u201cIt is true that we are shutting down operations in New York and there is this new New York Community organization,\u201d he added, referring to New York Communities for Change, the group that has emerged in ACORN\u2019s place. NYCC follows ACORN\u2019s California chapter, which in January reformed as the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE). Read more<\/p>\n

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Despite earlier reports<\/a> that ACORN, the national coalition of community organizations that some conservatives love to hate, is effectively “dissolving as a national structure,” an ACORN spokesperson told The American Prospect that the national network “still exists.”? —KA<\/i><\/p>\n

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“TAPPED” in The American Prospect<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not true that ACORN is closed for business all across the country. It still exists. Bertha Lewis is still the CEO,” Kevin Whelan told me. “It is true that we are shutting down operations in New York and there is this new New York Community organization,\u201d he added, referring to New York Communities for Change, the group that has emerged in ACORN’s place. NYCC follows ACORN’s California chapter, which in January reformed as the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE).<\/p>\n

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