ACORN Scrubs Its Website to Eliminate SEIU Links

ACORN may have been trying to cover up which organizations are part of ACORN by scrubbing its website. Not only did ACORN and SEIU share board members, but until a month ago they appeared to share the same headquarters address in New Orleans: 1024 Elysian Fields Ave. This is, of course, the same address from which Barack Obama received his first out-of-state donation (from the SEIU Local 880 Political Fund) back in November 1995 (with the exception of what appears to be a September 1995 donation from his college roommate or his family in New York).

When the latest ACORN scandals broke a few weeks ago, I went to its national site and downloaded ACORN’s list of Louisiana-based organizations. That list has now disappeared from that site (but might still be viewable in this cache, and I also retained screen grabs).

In early September, this was the list of ACORN organizations located in Louisiana as presented on ACORN’s own national website:

Contact ACORN®
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Louisiana

ACORN® National
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044
fax: 504-944-7078
email: chieforg@acorn.org

ACORN®
5177 Greenwell Springs Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-925-5558
fax: 225-923-3144
email: laacorn@acorn.org

ACORN®
1721 Jake Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-436-0245
fax: 337-494-6273
email: laacorn@acorn.org

ACORN®
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044
fax: 504-943-3842
email: laacorn@acorn.org

AHC
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-7663
fax: 504-947-1868
email: ahclalcno@acorn.org
website: www.acornhousing.org

Louisiana ACORN
Fair Housing Organization
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044 x110
fax: 504-943-3842
website: www.acornfairhousing.org

ALERT
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-948-9560
fax: 504-949-4713
email: ccilegalsup@acorn.org

AISJ
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-5713
email: aisj@acorn.org

SEIU LOCAL 100
5177 Greenwell Springs Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-923-3102
fax: 225-923-3144
email: seiu100labr@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.org

SEIU LOCAL 100
149 W. 18th St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-494-6261
fax: 337-494-6273
email: seiu100lasw@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.org

SEIU LOCAL 100
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-8864
fax: 504-944-3157
email: seiu100lano@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.org

SEIU LOCAL 100
5000 Greenwood Road
Shreveport, LA 71109
318-631-5667
fax: 318-631-2509
email: seiu100labr@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.org

HOTROC
1024 Elysian Fields
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-8864
email: hotroc@acorn.org
website: www.hotroc.org

Not only were four SEIU units listed on ACORN’s main Louisiana page as ACORN organizations, but the official email addresses for all four SEIU units ended in “@acorn.org.”