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/2020/09/CN09042020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River I’m enrolled in the lifetime learning program for organizers. The sessions are usually not online, but they happen there, too. Most of the classes are in real-time on the streets and with lots of people involved. I know how to count. I’ve counted crowds. I’ve …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05042020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It used to be that masks and guns were a bad combination that spoke of trouble with capital letters. Until recently, I would quip that if you were trying to raise money from a foundation these days that you needed a ski mask and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Continuing to look for silver lining in the clouds of pandemic, a note in the paper caught my eye. Because schools have been shut down around the country, the US has now gone without any school shooting incidents for more than a month for …