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/2020/10/CN10252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In the more than forty years that I have known Nat LaCour, I had never known his full name was Nathaniel Hawthorne LaCour until I regrettably had to read his obituary when he passed away recently at 82 years of age. I bet there was …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Those were the days! As part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of ACORN this year, different veterans have joined me on Wade’s World to share their memories and reminisce about their work when they rode for the ACORN brand. We started out with Sue …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05142020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River ACORN and its affiliates are direct action, mass-based organizations. Some now ask, how do we explain the fact that we also, especially now, deliver what many would only expect of service-based outfits? Easy answer: a membership-based organization has to be able to respond to the …