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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

Livelihoods vs. Modernity

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Personal Writings WalMart May 2, 2008 by wade

Mumbai     Around the table were our key leaders from the Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM), the huge traders organization that had been with us since the beginning of the India FDI Watch Campaign, the leader of the Congress of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) in Mumbai, the head of the hawkers and the mathadi …

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Rebranding Community Organizing

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Personal Writings April 27, 2008 by wade

Mumbai     In the wild, web-by way of these things, I got an email from Jose Manual Escobido working with El Paso ACORN sending me a comment he thought would interest me about “rebranding community organizing” written by Lisa Ranghelli, now working with the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy in Washington, DC. We know Lisa …

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Money for Change

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Personal Writings April 11, 2008 by wade

Washington I had heard about Galludet, the nationally known college for the deaf forever, but this was my first opportunity to be here on this small, beautifully appointed campus in the northeastern section of the District. It turned out to be an ideal place for almost 40 organizers to convene for the Organizers’ Forum spring …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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