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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".

Tag: social change

Apps for Organizing and Social Change

Ideas and Issues December 14, 2015December 14, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   Marching solidly on the trailing edge of new technology innovation, I want to make it clear that I’m no hater, I just want it to work for all of us. And, hey, maybe there’s some hope out there that some of the apps are coming our way and might be tools for social …

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Ballot Initiatives as Tools for Social Change

Ideas and Issues August 1, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   Speaking as a huge believer in ballot initiatives as a difficult, but accessible, way to get around legislative gridlocks and political playmaking in order to win critical public policy changes like minimum wage increases, elimination of taxes on food and medicine, support of generic drugs, and other measures through the years, I found …

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The Hard Problems Integrating “Culture” into Social Change

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues October 19, 2014 by digital

New Orleans      Jagrati Bhatia is community organizer I know in London who I’ve talked to about our organizing in Narobi, where she has family.  I posted on my Facebook page that I was rolling through Lake Village, Arkansas between Little Rock and New Orleans and stopped by: ….to help set up the KABF sponsored Oxbow Jazz …

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