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/CN09062019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsHeerlen In the evening thirty party activists assembled at headquarters for the evening’s program. The introduction was straightforward. Ron Meyer, chairman of the Socialist Party of the Netherlands, made some remarks, as we sat in the front of the room on high chairs. I expressed my pleasure …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09032019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsHouston Silicon Valley and its fans argue that tech is a tool enabled by the wonderful world of the internet. They aren’t totally wrong, though like all tools, tech and the internet, have to be used correctly of course. We all know that, right? We also are …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN09012019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ann Carpenter works with the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta. Her work in understanding the challenges and predation for lower income families trying to buy homes has been outstanding. Almost exactly two years ago, the ACORN Home Savers Campaign met with her in a …