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/CN09112020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Leaders and members of Local 100 United Labor Unions finally had enough of working on the frontlines without proper protection against the coronavirus in nursing homes, supported living centers, human development centers, transportation, sanitation, cleaning, schools, head start centers, and public-facing offices. OSHA, the …
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 …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05092020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River What’s the issue with masks? We see them everywhere and nowhere. United States Vice-President Pence toured a nursing home while in Indiana. They see a box of KN95 masks. Hey, here’s a good photo op, say he and his team. Let’s have the Veep look …