Connecticut ACORN  is one of ACORN's fastest growing chapters.  We fight for for social & economic justice in our communities using grassroots campaigns in our neigborhoods all the way to the national government.  Some of the issues we've taken on recently including saving our parks, cleaning up our streets, creating affordable housing, and passing laws for fair taxes and paid sick leave. ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 350,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. and in cities in Argentina, Peru, ...