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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09202019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania Sicily is a puzzle to me. I keep coming back, because we always seem right on the verge of breaking through to be able to start ACORN organizing here, but can’t seem to get all the way through the door. Usually the problem is money, and …
New Orleans Changing planes between Tirana and Sofia, we ended up going through Rome. Miraculously, my phone was working, so I reached out for David Tozzo, head organizer of ACORN in Rome, and happened to catch him. It turned out that he was co-teaching a regular class on community organizing every other Saturday morning. …
Casablanca Morning in Casablanca found many of our delegation for the latest international dialogue of the Organizers Forum catching up. Stephanie Newton, a lead with Local 100 in Arkansas, shared the fact that not only was this her first forum, but also the first time she had ever traveled outside of the United States. She …