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".
Mumbai Needing to drag our friend, Parasher, the Waste filmmaker along to provide footage for another documentary project, gave Vinod Shetty, ACORN India’s director in Mumbai, a good reason to visit with our leaders in Dharavi, get an update, and see what was new in Mumbai’s giant mega-slum. Our leaders were enthusiastic. The combination office, …
Mumbai The road to organizational sustainability seems marked sometimes by the signposts of successful partnerships saying “go” and difficult ones saying “danger – warning!” Talking with Vinod Shetty, director of ACORN India’s programs in Mumbai, which arguably has more experiences with partnerships of all varieties than any other ACORN International operation is always an exhilarating …
Mumbai Luckily, there are a lot of folks out there who are smarter than the average bear and might be able to point out to street organizers like me and our team what is really going on in the weird calculations of many huge businesses. Seems like I’m running into more than my fair share …