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".
Taipei With a time difference of thirteen hours between Taipei and New Orleans, we surprised ourselves by trying to be smart about the problem by arriving in Taiwan on Thursday evening, so we had a chance to adjust a bit before the Sunday kickoff of the Organizer’s Forum. Doing so, also made the three …
San Francisco Last year the Organizers’ Forum marked more than 20 years by returning to Brazil, where we had inaugurated the Forum initially. We had grabbed the opportunity to have be there on the eve of Lula’s first election and then book ended with his return once for another term. This year we’re …
Newark Countries everywhere might have something to learn from Indonesia. Yes, you heard me. Indonesians know how to get the vote out, even if sometimes their politicians don’t serve them well. They make voting and election day a celebration and call it a “Pesta Demokrasi,” or Democracy Party. It works too. In the last …