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/2020/07/CN07012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville Reading in Harper’s about New Communities farming land trust in Georgia celebrating the 50th anniversary since its founding, my memory is playing tricks on me. I keep thinking that I met Charles Sherrod or at least was in a meeting at the same time with him, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN07302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans As a Nikole Hannah-Jones fan, I followed her arguments carefully and approvingly in a recent piece in the New York Times as she demolished one quick fix after another that would achieve increased racial equity as she built up to her conclusion that reparations …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN07292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ll never forget the surprise on a colleague’s face who was working to build a nonprofit community development organization in the Mississippi delta several years ago when we first met. A lot of her work had been focused on schools and enhancing their curriculum …