As the nonprofit strives to survive the worst scandal in its 39-year history _ videotapes of staffers counseling a faux pimp and prostitute how to run a brothel _ the organization is doing what it does best: mobilizing low-income people. In this case, the goal is to restore the organization’s credibility.
The mobilization effort is unfolding on several fronts. People like Rodriguez are being asked to speak up about how ACORN saved them. She and her husband also agreed to work a phone bank and bring five new people to the next community meeting. And ACORN officials say people are donating more money as they rally to the organization’s defense.
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But it’s far from business as usual in the office where two colleagues were fired for their infamous roles advising the impostor pimp and prostitute about evading taxes and laundering her earnings.
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