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/2020/08/CN08012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsDecatur, Texas In the predawn, the three-week long veteran night clerk at the Motel 6 along Highway 287 in Decatur, Texas north of Dallas confirmed, “it’s rough out here.” Looking for a cup of coffee, walking back from my truck, I mentioned that I had inadvertently woken …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN07312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Springer, New Mexico Breaking camp on the East Fork of the San Juan River, we dried out our gear and were off again. Chaco caught and released a small brown trout in the San Juan as we dodged tubers going down the river towards Pagosa …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPagosa Springs In Durango, Colorado, we felt like we had struck gold, having hauled out bikes across Texas and New Mexico. We stumbled, almost literally, onto a bike trail that had seemingly been recently completed along the pretty little Animas River that runs through the town. We, …