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 I made a smart decision to attend a workshop of renters’ rights in the United Kingdom at the ACORN England and Wales first convention in Bristol. I knew we had been a key part of a housing reform coalition and built strong alliances to get something through parliament under the new …
Bristol After eleven years of organizing in England and Wales, ACORN was holding its first formal convention in Bristol. More than 200 people poured into the Malcolm X Community Center to start the meeting, as the officers opened the session mid-morning. People were excited, and so were we. I had arrived late the …
Manchester One of the best sessions at the recent meeting of ACORN International organizers and leaders was a plenary on the multinational efforts underway to create the ACORN Organizing School. The moderators were Eloise Maulet, with ReAct Transnational and the Alliance Citoyenne / ACORN France, David Thompson, ACORN International’s …