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/2019/12/CN12132019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsQuebec City Even as the Brexit landslide seemed to be building in the formerly United Kingdom, the European Union leadership was piecing together an ambitious plan to achieve climate goals by 2050. Their plan was to reach net-zero in carbon emissions at that point in a sweeping …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN12292019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Here’s an interesting voter registration story, but it’s not in the United States, but the United Kingdom. I had been hearing about this phenomenon for weeks whenever I spoke with our organizers in England. ACORN was working on a specialized program before the coming …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11222019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A tip from a friend sent me to a seat on the back row of a lecture hall at the Tulane Law School to listen to a star-studded panel assembled on the topic of “Fighting the Polluter’s Paradise: Taking Back Louisiana’s Air.” ACORN’s affiliate, …