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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: Personal Writings

Year End Loose Ends

Personal Writings December 31, 2013 by digital

New Orleans   For more than 30 years I’ve taken some vacation days at the end of the year so I could spent time with my children and family, sort of a sorry payback or smart pay forward, as they say now, for a life with lots of travel.  We revive with a couple of days …

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Moving, Painting, and Getting Organized

Personal Writings December 1, 2013 by digital

New Orleans      With any luck the nice thing about moving into new space is that it forces you to get organized at least a bit, make some decisions about random items, and, heck, maybe even knock a few layers of dust off.   Better yet, when you own (in the sense of paying the mortgage, so to …

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Changing Addresses, Changing Attitudes, We Have a Home Place Again

Personal Writings November 29, 2013 by digital

New Orleans    It’s a wild couple of days when you combine holidays, family visits and glad tidings, and critical organizational events all in a power-packed couple of days, but that’s been life in our fastlane over the end of the month.   Show me someone who says they like moving, and I will introduce you to a …

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