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/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 …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans If I had a thousand dollars for every time someone, well-meaning or evil-intentioned, said to me, that “I could agree with ACORN, but I can’t agree with your tactics,” then we would have enough money in the bank to organize for years. For …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Whether it’s a moment or a movement, some things are different this time than they have been in the past. One encouraging and crucial difference is the fact that the money is coming from the small donors interested in change rather than control. This …