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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".

Category: Social Policy Journal

Telephone Service, Then and Now

Social Policy Journal Wade's World Workers September 14, 2024 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls       On a recent Wade’s World, I talked to Debbie Goldman, the former research director for many years of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).  The excuse for the conversation was an excerpt running in the coming Social Policy and her book, Disconnected:  Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital …

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Are Donor Advised Funds Even a Good Thing Anymore?

Social Policy Journal Wade's World June 6, 2024 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls       The old rule about being careful when throwing stones if you live in a glass house might apply here, but whatever…. I was a founding incorporator of the Tides Foundation, created and run by Drummond Pike for decades, and served on the board of that outfit and a number of the boards …

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Organizing as Work and Mission

ACORN Community Organizing Organizing Social Policy Journal Wade's World June 10, 2023 by Chief Organizer

            Calgary           I first heard about Clement Pettijean, a professor at the Sorbonne in Paris, when I got a notice of a dialogue between him and Alex Han, the new editor of In These Times.  I know Alex from his time years ago as an organizer for Local 880 SEIU, our old ULU sister organization.  …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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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"

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