Wade Rathke is the founder and Chief Organizer of Community Organizations International (Formally Acorn International) and SEIU Local 100, has been a professional organizer for thirty-five years. He is also the founder and former Chief Organizer of ACORN. He has worked for and founded a series of organizations dedicated to winning social justice, workers rights, and a democracy where “the people shall rule”.
Wade Rathke’s work as an organizer for social justice includes leadership roles in a number of community, union, and educational organizations. To learn more about the work of these activist organizations, visit these websites.
* Community Organizations International
* Local 100
* SEIU
* Site Fighters
* Tides
* Organizers’ Forum
* Social Policy
* WARN
* ACORN