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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".

Tag: Remittances

Poor Give More

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues International May 25, 2009May 25, 2009 by wade

Ocean Springs The poor are more generous that the rich, and in fact the poorer you are, the more likely a larger portion of your income is given to others. For the poor experience drives empathy and action. For the rich it turns out that talk is in fact cheap. Quoting from Frank Greve of …

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Remittances Reform

ACORN Community Organizing Financial Justice International April 17, 2009May 3, 2009 by wade

Santiago    Remittances are the lifeblood of many of the ACORN International communities from Canada to Mexico to India to Kenya, and it was not long into the conversation among all of our organizers before the a campaign and the actions that would bring it to life started to take shape. After years of poking around …

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