WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Bristol Over the years, I’ve been to Sicily a number of times. It’s a wonderful place in so many ways with a generous people, unmatched virtually anywhere in the world. Palermo, the Simeto Valley, Paterno, and another towns and cities across the island have all welcomed me, but nowhere more than Catania. Over …
Valletta Malta is an island, so it almost goes without saying that it’s not a big island. ACORN has a new affiliate there, Solidarjetà. It’s an interesting organization working in what I increasingly understand is a fascinating, but challenging environment. I had never been to Malta or its major city, Valletta, but being in …
Pearl River One of the things that both challenging and enduringly interesting about the global work of ACORN is the mix of excitement and burden of a 24-hour clock. For a long time, this was something of a personal novelty for me as an organizer, but as the organization and the team that supports …