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".
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 …
Pearl River At first, the article just caught my eye because it mentioned Rockford, Illinois. Rockford has my attention these days, because we worked with local people to file an application for a low-powered FM station there that is still pending before the FCC. Why would Rockford, mainly known for not being too far …
Marble Falls Recently in workshops ACORN has done with the Anthropocene Alliance in New Orleans and Atlanta with more coming soon in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Port Arthur, Texas, we have used a campaign exercise for the small groups about flooding. Many of the participants come from frontline groups that know …