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/CN06232020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It’s hard to categorize the experiences of four in a row rat-a-tat Zoom calls commemorating ACORN’s 50th anniversary. The technology isn’t seamless, at least for me, but even while it is strange and less satisfactory than in person, it is also weirdly intimate, because …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Hey, bosses of healthcare workers, listen up! Yo, consumers and families of healthcare services, pay attention to this, like your life is at stake, since for more than half of you over 65, it is, because you will end up in long-term care. Policy …
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 …