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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

In-person Now

ACORN International Community Organizing Ideas and Issues January 31, 2022February 7, 2022 by Chief Organizer

January 31, 2022  New Orleans   There was an op-ed by a churchgoer in the Times that made a simple case:  it was time to go back to church.  Of course, that’s what all the churchgoers say, but her argument was different.  She wanted everyone of her co-religionists to physically go back to church and to …

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Year End Meeting Says, “What Pandemic?”

ACORN International Community Organizing Ideas and Issues January 30, 2022February 7, 2022 by Chief Organizer

January 30, 2022             Pearl River     Every year, rain or shine, sleet or snow, our ACORN family of organizations for the last almost fifty years has assembled at the beginning of a new year.  For almost the last forty years we have met in the New Orleans area for what we call a Year End …

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Kleptocrats Gone Wild with a Lot of Enablers

Advocates and Actions Community Organizing DC Politics January 10, 2022 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans     Talking to Frank Vogl on Wade’s World he began by making sure I understood that “no offense” was meant, when he said to me, “Suppose you were Vladimir Putin and you had gotten several $100 million from Gazprom, the biggest gas producer in the world, and you wanted to move it out of Russia …

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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"

Italian Interview with Wade

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