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/2019/10/CN10062019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsKatmandu Having not been able to meet with the ACORN India team for over three years given my inability to have my 10-year visa renewed, I was curious about what I would hear from their reports after my long absence on the ground. Would we have made …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10042019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsKatmandu Bells were jingling at 5 AM. My window opened to a street that abutted a pond where a Hindu prayer space sat in the middle and on the other end were Buddhist stupas. Were the bells a kind of call to prayer or a melodious bicycle …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10032019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsDoha One corollary of constant long-distance road work is the magazine subscriptions pile up. I usually take an inch-high stack with me, and on an endless flight to Katmandu that includes an unscheduled seven-hour delay in Doha, Qatar, mining the mags can produce some interesting discoveries. …