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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".

Month: December 2005

Homecoming — Part 2

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Personal Writings December 31, 2005 by wade

New Orleans     In life sometimes we end up with answers to propositions that others did not even realize were questions. For example, we now know that the distance between Aguascalientes and New Orleans is twenty-four hours. The other thing we know is that when you are coming home… really and finally, coming home, it really …

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Tsunami and Katrina

ACORN Community Organizing Ideas and Issues International Personal Writings December 28, 2005 by wade

Aguascaliente         While here in the high desert of Aguascaliente, wondering in the aridity of winter, how hot it might feel in the summer, water still comes naturally to mind, and not just hot water, but all water. Receiving an invitation to fly to Banda Aceh to participate in a commemoration of the one-year anniversary of …

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Feliz Navidad!

International Personal Writings December 27, 2005 by wade

Zacatecas     In the high desert the days are warm and the nights are cool this time of the year. The midday skies are the pure blue that seems so dramatic in Mexico against the soft edge of a roof or wrought iron as one looks up as far as one can see. In the night the …

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