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".
May 19, 2021 New Orleans ACORN in India is once again shuffling our organizing plans around in order to meet the COVID crisis among our members, informal workers, and their communities. Once again, we are organizing dry food packets with weekly meals for thousands. Vaccines are in short supply and to get in line requires …
May 18, 2021 New Orleans We’re drowning in data, so much that I often think we have no idea what is really what. I often think of something I read some years ago about information, saying that we collected more than we could ever analyze or understand. That’s humbling for sure. Now in the modern …
May 17, 2021 New Orleans One slogan indelibly fixed in my mind from my days organizing with the National Welfare Rights Organization were “Mas Dinero Ahora!” or “More Money Now!” It’s a wonderful surprise after so many dark nights for lower income families that “show me the money” and real talk about the value of …