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/2019/10/CN10062019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsKatmandu Having not been able to meet with the ACORN India team for over three years given my inability to have my 10-year visa renewed, I was curious about what I would hear from their reports after my long absence on the ground. Would we have made …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09182019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis We are so lucky to be able to come together and visit organizers, activists, leaders, and others who are trying to build organizations and navigate the challenges of empowering people in different countries. The Organizers’ Forum is close to completing our eighteenth journey, this time …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09172019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsTunis We had heard about Makrem Amairia, the head of the Municipal Workers Union branch of the larger, longstanding labor federation, UGTT, before we arrived at their building near the main boulevard running through the city of Tunis. He had been quoted while leading a march …