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".
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 …
New Orleans Randy Shaw, director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in San Francisco, and a longtime colleague and observer of community and political organizing, shared with me his recent column in Beyond Chron. I’m forwarding it on, not just because it mentions ACORN, but more pointedly because Randy issues a call to action that …
New Orleans What a great early summer weekend in America! Father’s Day on Sunday, family all together, canoeing on the bayou, eating bacon with our hands, and making memories. Oh, and before that we had the battle of the band marches, one in Washington, DC, and the other seemingly everywhere across the country. …