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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".

Month: November 2009

UMass and the 2nd Round

ACORN Citizen Wealth Community Organizing November 11, 2009November 11, 2009 by wade

Amherst Once I showed up at Gordon Hall at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Professor Dan Clawson and others shared with me a message they had printed from the internet of the 9/12 projects strategy for disrupting my talk on “Workers and the Poor:  Lessons for Organizing in the Age of Obama and Globalization.”  …

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Springfield College and the 9/12ers

ACORN Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Financial Justice Protests Town Hall November 10, 2009 by wade

Springfield It’s wild and wooly out there on the trail these days.  I gave the annual Social Science lecture about my book, Citizen Wealth, and its themes at Springfield College last night to 200+ students, faculty, and members of the community in Marsh Hall on the campus.  All of this capped a marathon of four …

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Adult Learners

Citizen Wealth Community Organizations International Education November 9, 2009 by wade

Springfield Raising money for the international work and getting Citizen Wealth in the hands of readers is an interesting grind on college campuses these days, especially for a two-time dropout on long parole from higher education.  Talking to two classes on Sunday afternoon that was part of the Springfield College School of Human Services was …

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