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/2020/01/CN01292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One thing that intrigued me in both England and Ireland over the last two weeks was the amount of construction in every city I visited. These were not little small-time projects, but giant cranes building skyscrapers in most of the cities. Manchester was out of …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsManchester A lot changes in eighteen months. I was in Manchester for the first time as our new chapter of ACORN in the United Kingdom was organizing in July 2018. I found the city pretty impressive, though didn’t get to see much of it in a quick …
Birmingham Depending on whether you are looking east or west, Birmingham is either the Chicago of the United Kingdom or Chicago is the Birmingham of the United States. Carrying the analogy too far, Manchester is Cleveland to Birmingham’s Chicago. I better stop. The key point is that these are amazing, bustling cities with deep, historical …