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/2020/04/CN04302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Losing your job through layoffs or even temporarily in a furlough is a terrible thing. For years, state unemployment divisions, under the brutal thumbs of corporate dominated conservative legislatures and governors have seen it as their jobs to make it as hard as possible to …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River There were some pieces of the Airbnb business model that had appeal. Homeowners that were willing to open their own homes to visiting guests seemed like it could build relationships and even, dare I say, community, especially when visiting foreign lands. Our family had that …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Waking in the predawn I found a wonderful and moving email in my in-box from two brothers and comrades in our shared organizing trade and mission, Mike Gallagher and Keith Kelleher. Mike sent along a poem he had written about the amazing Geneva Evans, an …