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".
Atlanta The highlight of an ACORN convention since the first one in Memphis in 1978 has been the big action on the last day, and true to form that was also the case in Montreal. ACORN Canada members and leaders found the perfect target for the “Make Housing Our Right!” The headquarters of …
Montreal They came up in twos and threes, a team of leaders and fighters from every region of Canada and every ACORN city, big or small. Some were 18-year veterans of ACORN from Toronto and British Columbia, and some were at their first convention from Montreal, London, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. All of …
Montreal A quote in a Washington Post article from a younger mother in Silver Springs, Maryland, caught my eye. Recounting the trials and tribulations being faced by women right now, she said it felt like there was a “war on women.” Her point seems past debate once any of us take the time …