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".
Grenoble When I sat down in the evening to visit with some of the Grenoble leaders of ACORN’s Alliance Citoyenne affiliate, one kidded me about being “on tour.” Now at the end of this UK-France trip, maybe they had a point. Counting quickly, I had met with organizers and leaders in eight cities that …
Paris Given visa problems back and forth to India, it was a rare treat to be able to meet with at least two of our India directors, Vinod Shetty from Mumbai, and Dharmendra Kumar from Delhi. We have made great progress in moving our organizing forward among informal workers and their communities during this …
Bristol ACORN in England and Wales was forged in Bristol more than a half-dozen years ago. It was here where we had our first office, our first and founding organizers, and our first organizing drive in the Easton neighborhood. From that first meeting when members raised their hands to select the first campaign, and it was decided that …