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/2019/09/CN09212019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania It was pouring down rain, as Laura Saija, professor of community planning at the University of Catania, and her colleagues met me to go to “The Organizer” showing for activists in Catania. They had been drenched in a downpour with water up past their ankles. A …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09202019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCatania Sicily is a puzzle to me. I keep coming back, because we always seem right on the verge of breaking through to be able to start ACORN organizing here, but can’t seem to get all the way through the door. Usually the problem is money, and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN09092019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsDusseldorf On a quick turnaround, “The Organizer” documentary had been translated into Dutch for the showing in Amsterdam. Meeting at a cultural center that was walkable from near the city center with meeting spaces, a hip bar, and an art cinema, there were more than forty …