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".
St. Sauveur We found ourselves in the rolling hills of the French countryside almost an hour’s drive from Lyon before we headed again for the Alliance’s headquarters in Grenoble. Hardy, multi-course country meals on the farm table were enjoyed as rain and fog drifted outside and yellowed leaves fell on the road to break …
New Orleans When I wrote Citizen Wealth, published in 2009, I proudly recorded the role that ACORN played in increasing the homeownership rate of Black and Hispanic Americans over a period of thirty-years between 1977-78 and 2007-2008. We had fought, along with many others, for the legislation in Congress that passed the Community Reinvestment …
Pearl River Talking to Sydnee Blum, ACORN’s head organizer in eastern Canada on Wade’s World , she told a shocking story of a member in one of the neighborhoods who was paying rent of $1000 CN per month. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, landlords can only raise rent once per year. She got a notice of …