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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".

Category: Community Organizations International

Planting Trees In Korogocho

Community Organizations International March 2, 2010March 2, 2010 by wade

New Orleans I mentioned last week from Nairobi that one of the high points of the launch for ACORN Kenya involved a traditional ceremony where we planted trees to show that something new was being planted deeply, cared for seriously, and would grow strong over time.  In our first crack at using a “flip camera,” …

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Kenya Campaigns Coming

Community Organizations International International Labor Organizing March 1, 2010March 2, 2010 by wade

Johannesburg Sitting here with a day to kill in the Joberg airport and ruing having just spent 75 rand for a special South African adapter so I can make it through and finding the young clerk at the “Electronics Megastore” joining me in commiseration that there was no free wireless anywhere in the airport, it …

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Matatus

Community Organizations International International February 27, 2010 by wade

Nairobi If there’s public transportation in Nairobi, no one knows about it.  There are matatus though by the hundreds.  These are private mini-vans, jitney buses, and even larger buses that hog the roads and rule the roost.  They seem to be semi-regulated, which means that in certain areas in downtown Nairobi a driver will hide …

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