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".
New Orleans The spring board meeting for ACORN is held on Zoom. We had good attendance from more than a dozen countries across the globe and multiple time zones. Libera, Sicily, and Malta, among our newest affiliates reported. Kenya filed a written report. Scotland, England, Canada, India, and the USA all answered the …
Pearl River My annual trip to India was snakebit this year. The cost of the ticket was hundreds of dollars higher than usual, but that turned out to be the least of the problem. Scheduled to leave on Sunday, the East Coast blizzard was expected to hit Newark airport hard, which was my jumping …
San Angel We were lucky two months ago when two delegates from one of ACORN’s newest affiliates, only a year-old, had obtained visas to attend our annual organizers and leaders meeting in Brussels. The Palestinian Solidarity Coordinating Committee (PSCC) works in five communities on the West Bank. Given Israel’s tight control, getting a visa …