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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: International

Kenya’s Organizing Practitioners

Community Organizing International February 16, 2009 by wade

      Nairobi On my last day of this Nairobi trip I was honored to be the guest of a fascinating organization that I have written about before over the years, COPA-K — Community Organizing Practitioners Association of Kenya.  This is that rarity in the world — a professional association of organizers.  There are about 80 members.  They …

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In the Settlements

Community Organizing International February 13, 2009 by wade

      Nairobi There are hardly better days that I have had as an organizer than the ones I have spent looking at the “turf” in a new city to decide, as best one can with four decades of experience, where we should start organizing new chapters.  In the past I had fallen in love with the potential …

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Violence or Peace in Nairobi Slums

Community Organizing International Labor Organizing February 13, 2009 by wade

February 11, 2009       Nairboi In every conversation I have in Nairobi I ask the question forefront on many minds — has the national power sharing in government worked and is there now peace in the communities or could tribal antagonisms that killed more than 1000 in post-election violence little over a year ago recur.  These are …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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