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/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 …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10302019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsOxford Having breakfast at the University of Memphis before leaving for Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi, we were in a good mood after the Hooks Institute event the previous evening. We laughed at the number of people in the audience that evening who …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09222019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania We had been through a series of meetings in Paterno and Catania. There were two full showings of “The Organizer” documentary in each city, plus the long Katrina clip at the University for students and professors there. Organizers of the events, led by Laura Saija, had …