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/2020/06/CN06282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Having not flown in months, I was curious what was up in the airways. My 6:15 AM on a Saturday to Atlanta was the first flight out of New Orleans. That was already strange. It used to be one of many. Where was the 5:28 …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta Every six months or so in recent years we have been pulling together community, labor, and political organizers, mostly in Europe and the United Kingdom, to share perspectives and organizing experiences. Until the pandemic, we had met several times in Amsterdam. Now we convened on Zoom …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06212020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Pearl River A lesson close to the heart for every organizer is the importance of numbers. An organization can live and die on the numbers. Rising numbers are a sign of health, falling numbers are a flashing yellow caution light. Good organizers learn quickly at their …