Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Wade Rathke started the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in 1970. And across four decades of grass-roots activism, he encountered daunting challenges and unexpected allies organizing communities of working poor. Though he left the organization last year, he joins Kojo to talk about strategies for fighting poverty, and recent controversies surrounding ACORN.
Guests
- Wade Rathke Founder, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN); author, "Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families" (Berrett-Koehler)
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