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/CN09182019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis We are so lucky to be able to come together and visit organizers, activists, leaders, and others who are trying to build organizations and navigate the challenges of empowering people in different countries. The Organizers’ Forum is close to completing our eighteenth journey, this time …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09172019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis We had heard about Makrem Amairia, the head of the Municipal Workers Union branch of the larger, longstanding labor federation, UGTT, before we arrived at their building near the main boulevard running through the city of Tunis. He had been quoted while leading a march …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09162019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis One of the treats of this Organizers’ Forum is getting to meet some of the organizers and members of El Comita, which is essentially ACORN Tunisia, the affiliate of ACORN International in this country. There are now several hundred members in five groups that have …