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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".

Mildred Edmond

ACORN International Labor Organizing November 22, 2021 by Chief Organizer

Pearl River     Mildred Edmond’s daughters were arranging a visit for me early in 2020, but then came the pandemic, postponing everything until the coast was clear.  Sadly, a Facebook message from the oldest daughter found me overseas with the news that Mildred had passed away while I was gone. She would be buried before I returned, so …

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Energy Performance Certificates

Ideas and Issues November 19, 2021 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans      There’s no better argument for the advantage of in-person meetings rather than Zoom world than our ongoing efforts to figure out a common language over recent months about retrofit campaigns.  Visiting with our organizers, first in Lyon, where there had been major breakthroughs, and then in Grenoble, where Adrien Roux, the Alliance …

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Suspicious of Fixes for Affordable Housing and Health Care

DC Politics Housing November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans     A headline that promises to offer a “fix” for those of us who want affordable housing and healthcare has to rate as a “must read” in my book, but that’s just what seemed on offer in the New York Times.  Reading the piece was also a short course in how difficult in …

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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"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

Religion Dispatches: Forty-year organizing veteran has plenty of new ideas

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