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/2020/09/CN09072020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Even here along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River, the temperature has edged down a couple of degrees, signaling Labor Day’s arrival. In my time this meant school was starting and no matter what the thermometer read, it was fall, doggone it, and time to …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09042020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River I’m enrolled in the lifetime learning program for organizers. The sessions are usually not online, but they happen there, too. Most of the classes are in real-time on the streets and with lots of people involved. I know how to count. I’ve counted crowds. I’ve …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07242020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Talking to Ernie Dumas, Little Rock’s premier senior journalist, author, and raconteur in the outside patio of his place after a late spring rain and at proper social distance, he mentioned a call from Jane Mayer, the New Yorker, looking for information on a …