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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".

Category: Community Organizing

Ehrenreich Nails Sorry Safety Net

ACORN Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Financial Justice July 12, 2009July 12, 2009 by wade

New Orleans On my current obsessive Citizen Wealth beat in the heart of the current depression, it was bittersweet reading this morning as the unparalleled Barbara Ehrenreich excoriated the current administration and the total fallacies that have now been exposed in lack of support for the suddenly poor or the ongoing destitute.  I’m going to …

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Learning the Suburbs

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Organizer Training Organizing July 8, 2009 by wade

Silver Springs An interesting byproduct of providing some support on capacity building to organizations in the DC/Baltimore areas has involved my being sent to re-education camp to learn more about the vast, sprawling suburbs that dominate this area of the country.  For the life of me I have to learn how to distinguish one row …

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US and Canada Minimal Wages

Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Financial Justice July 6, 2009 by wade

Silver Springs We are at the time of the year when finally some minimum wage workers get a raise.  Praise be! This is the last scheduled increase since the 2007 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act.   For those of you who can’t remember, here’s a reminder from the DOL website:  The 2007 amendments increased …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

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