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".
My advice to anyone stuck at home and bored is to think about how lucky you are to have food and shelter. While you’re bored, here’s my advice for a pick me up, and I’ll quote Dharmendra again,
“Kindly donate generously on ACORN International’s website to help us defeat hunger and defeat corona. All donations will go to feed migrants in India.”
Just say, “Delhi” on the PayPal memo.
Bristol After eleven years of organizing in England and Wales, ACORN was holding its first formal convention in Bristol. More than 200 people poured into the Malcolm X Community Center to start the meeting, as the officers opened the session mid-morning. People were excited, and so were we. I had arrived late the …
Pearl River Once upon a time, more than twenty years ago, when ACORN expanded internationally, we used to say it would not have been possible without email, cheaper plane fares, and Skype. We still have email, but plane fares are hardly cheap, even though they can still get us there when we need to …