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/CN09222019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania We had been through a series of meetings in Paterno and Catania. There were two full showings of “The Organizer” documentary in each city, plus the long Katrina clip at the University for students and professors there. Organizers of the events, led by Laura Saija, had …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09212019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania It was pouring down rain, as Laura Saija, professor of community planning at the University of Catania, and her colleagues met me to go to “The Organizer” showing for activists in Catania. They had been drenched in a downpour with water up past their ankles. A …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09202019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania Sicily is a puzzle to me. I keep coming back, because we always seem right on the verge of breaking through to be able to start ACORN organizing here, but can’t seem to get all the way through the door. Usually the problem is money, and …