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 Reading a recent issue of In These Times, I was encouraged and fascinated by a report of organizing progress by the United Farm Workers (UFW) in building unions in upstate New York. The UFW has long been well-known for the leadership of Cesar Chavez and its up and down history of …
Pearl River I’ve known Ana Avendano for a long time. I’ve never known her well, but over decades our paths would cross. She was a lawyer for the AFL-CIO and had the immigration rights portfolio, when there seemed the promise of reform. She was a guest at an ACORN National Board meeting in Little …
Marble Falls Local 100 has conducted an annual leadership training workshop for stewards for more than 40 years, but this year’s session in Little Rock was the first in-person meeting since the pandemic. It was good to see old and new leaders getting to meet each other, often for the first time. Going …