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".
Shepley, Yorkshire Fifty organizers from France, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States came together in Yorkshire, England for our annual ACORN International organizers’ meeting for this year. Another bunch from Kenya, Australia, Liberia, Uganda, India, and Cameroon joined at different times via Zoom, along with other leaders and organizers from France, …
New Orleans A year ago, August 26th, Ida pushed us out of New Orleans and all of the surrounding area. Seventeen years ago, Katrina had us running and in some cases swimming against the surge for way too many on August 29th. We never get used to this. It surprises me that anyone …