Oral Histories

Lorna Blake

   June 12, 2024

   

Member/Leader, NY ACORN; Chair of East New York Chapter; Executive Board Member, ACORN and ACORN Housing/Mutual Housing Association of NY

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1. June 12, 0024 Interviewed by Francine Streich
2. June 12, 0024 Interviewed by Francine Streich

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Lorna Blake was a longtime ACORN member in New York. She was the Chair of the NY East New York chapter and lives in a MHANY house. In this interview, she speaks a lot about how being a homeowner through MHANY and how it changed her life and her family’s trajectory. She shares thoughts on racial conflict and about the ACORN organizing model.