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".
Paris Given visa problems back and forth to India, it was a rare treat to be able to meet with at least two of our India directors, Vinod Shetty from Mumbai, and Dharmendra Kumar from Delhi. We have made great progress in moving our organizing forward among informal workers and their communities during this …
Bergerie de Villareaux We dedicated an afternoon of workshops and full plenary sessions in the meeting of ACORN’s global organizing staff to explicating more fully for everyone the variety and depth of our efforts and partnerships in organizing informal and service workers. Certainly, this is the heart of our organizing and support for the ACORN …
Bergerie de Villareaux It had been so long since ACORN International’s organizers from the various affiliates had been able to come together in a meeting that when they were all greeted by our host, our French affiliate, an extra year was added to the time marking the last reunion in July 2018, rather than 2019. It …