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 …
Taipei We landed in Taipei almost 30-minutes early after a twelve-and-a-half hour flight from San Francisco. We cleared customs, baggage claim, and money changing within one-hour of landing, which is amazing in itself. The express train to the central station was only twenty-two minutes and hardly cost $4 USD per person. All good so far! …
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 …