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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".

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Obama: Sailor for Social Change and Movement Man

Community Organizing Organizing January 26, 2014 by digital

New Orleans    A lengthy interview with President Obama by David Remnick in The New Yorker has attracted a lot of attention for this detail and that, largely about the atmospherics and attitudes of the often inscrutably aloof Obama and how it impacts his practice as president.  More interesting to me were insights that Obama revealed …

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Another Year End / Year Beginning Meeting

Organizing January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 by digital

New Orleans   Every year for the last forty years or so, we’ve suited up for a YE/YB Meeting or to be more formal, the “Year End / Year Begin” meeting, where all of the allied organizations review and evaluate the progress of the previous year and make plans, have strategy, and planning sessions, undergo training …

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Working Families on the Move

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Organizing January 3, 2014 by digital

New Orleans   Luckily we were able to catch up with Dan Cantor on Wade’s World this week.  Dan is the national director of Working Families now after spending most of the last fifteen years as executive director of the Working Families Party of New York.  The WFP, as it’s known, garnered a lot of attention …

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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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