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".
Heerlen In the trainings that ACORN did in six different cities in partnership with groups from the Anthropocene Alliance, one part of the session was a campaign planning exercise. We would break participants into small groups and give them a topic. In the beginning we started out with flooding, which yielded lots of discussion, but …
New Orleans One of the mixed blessings of our internet age and the ubiquitousness of social media and email is the low barrier to communication. On the downside, there’s the constant vigilance required to not be tricked by phishing, spam, and other dangerous weirdness. On the upside, people who want to find you can …
Marble Falls Living in cities, especially on the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast, and even along the bayous and rivers of the region, we are acclimated to certain patterns of nature. We watch the water rising in the bayou when there are storms in the Gulf. We know how to respond to …