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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: School lunches

Is Kenya Starving the Poor to Play Politics?

Ideas and Issues December 6, 2018 by digital

Nairobi      Talking to ACORN Kenya organizers and leaders, one thing jumped to the top of the conversation quickly when education was raised, and it was not the poor quality of the books and classrooms this time, it was food, specifically school lunches.    Everyone from slumdweller to education expert agrees that a child’s ability to …

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Shaming for Lunch

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 by digital

Little Rock  When these horrific reports of school lunch shaming began getting public attention, my first reaction was to talk to our school worker organizers in Dallas and Houston to make sure our cafeteria workers were not involved in any such practices. HISD and DISD both seem to have policies that prevent children from being …

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