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/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. …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLake Buckhorn, Ontario In the annual HO/LO meeting of ACORN Canada several hours north of Toronto in the urban-centric area called “cottage country” near the defining geological formation known as the Canadian Shield, the head organizers and lead organizers throughout the Canadian organization were taking the measure …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09232019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania We might have been having an espresso overlooking the working port of Catania with its tall grain towers and massive cruise ships crowding smaller fishing and pleasure boats, as many walked along the edge of the port to breathe in the sea air, but we were …