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".
New Orleans As we were debating next steps for ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign in Bristol, it was exciting to hear that Italy and Honduras are beginning to make more progress in taking the steps to get legislative assemblies to regulate the costs of transfers, and certainly as ACORN grows in the United Kingdom there …
Bristol Reading the news is one thing but watching the steady stream of young people and many not so young at the Rock & Bowl hostel in central Bristol where we have been staying for the last several days underscores the affordable housing push-out. New residents with jobs of all kinds are paying 10-15 pounds per day …
Bristol After discussions of progress with the Remittance Justice Campaign and the Digital Access Opportunity Campaign in a number of countries, we hunkered down with some excitement to hear the reports on Skype from India, Kenya, and our Latin America offices. Many of the reports had been sent in writing to great comments. Applause greeted …