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".
June 17, 2021 San Francisco Having missed my regular visits to the Bay Area of California during the pandemic year, I tried to fill my dance cards with organizing friends, comrades, and partners to catch up with what they were doing, how they were thinking about the work, and where it was going. Some of …
Ndroq and Tirana We drove to Ndroq, a village of about 5000 people, that is part of the municipality of Tirana, Albania, even though it took us almost an hour to get there. Most of the country we drove through was a mixed industrial area interspersed with some vineyards and truck farms yielding produce. We …
Tirana On our schedule it simply said “Community Organizing Talks” at 6 PM in the evening. It had been a full day that began with taping a radio interview on a national station, a walk through the central square and a look at some of its museums, and a meeting not too far away …