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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".

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Beat Goes On But Ecuadorian Economy Reeling

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice International June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 by digital

Quito    I had not visited Ecuador for three years. I sat for hours in the sparkling new airport that opened after my last visit or more specifically in the Airport Center across the street from the actual ticket counters, security, gates and airplanes. If modern airports have become shopping malls serviced by airplanes and runways, …

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Hitting the Doors in Ecuador

ACORN International Organizing December 7, 2012 by digital

Quito  Every country is different, every city is different, and every community is different.  We start from there, and then we adapt what we have seen work in so many places and modify it to fit the circumstances and objectives of our organizing program.  No matter how many times I have done this, it still …

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Locating Housing for the Poor: Good Intentions, Expediency, and Living with the Consequences

Citizen Wealth Rebuild New Orleans December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 by digital

 Quito    One of the ironic outcomes of recent disasters, whether New Orleans or now New York, is that the public, policy makers, and politicians are finally forced to reckon with where the poor are, and often, where they have put the poor in ways that are hard to escape.  In a smaller way this is …

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