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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

First Night

ACORN Community Organizing Financial Justice Labor Organizing Personal Writings October 31, 2005 by wade

New Orleans     Two months after the Katrina we were finally able to make our way back down to New Orleans and spend a night in our own home in our own bed for the first time on Saturday night. I went by the rally called by ACORN, the AFL-CIO, SEIU, the NAACP, and others on the …

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Organizing Workers at the Frontier

ACORN Community Organizing Labor Organizing Organizer Training October 23, 2005 by wade

Dallas    For 18 years we have held an annual labor board/staff retreat with all of the troops of Local 880 and Local 100 SEIU. This year was different in a lot of ways. First, we were meeting at South Fork Ranch in Dallas. Everyone kept asking how we came to South Fork, the scene of the …

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Evacuees in New York City

ACORN Community Organizing Personal Writings October 21, 2005 by wade

New York City    In DC and NYC we met with Fortune 500 companies one after the other to talk about a long list of business, but central to the list — what were their ideas and plans for New Orleans and how would they help. It was a long, slogging two days of meetings where progress …

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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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