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".
May 19, 2021 New Orleans ACORN in India is once again shuffling our organizing plans around in order to meet the COVID crisis among our members, informal workers, and their communities. Once again, we are organizing dry food packets with weekly meals for thousands. Vaccines are in short supply and to get in line requires …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Hipsters are absolutely not taking over the world, but it’s hard not to find them almost all over the world. MoveHub, an international shipping company got some free marketing buzz by putting out a “hipster index” over the last couple of years. They use …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ben Smith, formerly of Politico, joined the New York Times over the last year as their media columnist and has quickly become a must-read in my book. His sources are amazing, his scoops unique, and his perspective wide-ranging and invaluable. The Times seems to …