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".
Marble Falls I was asked to do keynote for a conference on development coming up soon, with the suggested topic being “challenges to democracy.” This is the African and African-American Education Research and Training (AADERT) conference, which has been held off and on for more than 30 years. I’m glad to carry this …
Marble Falls ACORN finished its third regional training in partnership with the Anthropocene Alliance in Cleveland. We had another great group representing more than a dozen organizations from not only Cleveland, but also Toledo, Youngstown, Bowling Green, and Milwaukee. Just as we found so far in New Orleans and Atlanta and are likely …
Cleveland Finding ourselves in Cleveland after meetings on the Voter Purge Project near Columbus and an ACORN training session with the Anthropocene Alliance, we looked up one of our former community organizers, Kris Harsh, to find out his perspective on Cleveland these days. We met a local watering hole right across the street from …