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/2020/03/CN03182020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Little Rock Depending on how you look at it, one of the assets – or liabilities – of being an organizer for over fifty years, is that in the immortal words of the old country and western song, you know “when to hold ‘em, and when …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN031720202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville Talking to ACORN’s head organizer in France from one of the organization’s offices in Lyon was something of an other-worldly experience. He was cancelling a train trip to Paris and had only hours to get back to his home in Grenoble. The President of France has …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03162020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans We all feel like we’re caught in the eye of the pandemic storm, but our collective empathy doesn’t necessarily make us feel safer and more secure. New Orleans’ Mayor LaToya Cantrell, almost as an aside, mentions that our public health officials are worried …