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Container
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M2010-061
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Part 3 (M2010-061): Additions, 1975-2009
4.2 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box), 25 DVDs and 15 videorecordings (2 video boxes), and 1 tape recording
: Additions, 1975-2009, consisting of administrative files, records related to organizing, voting, housing, living wage, banking, and predatory lending campaigns. Also included are various subject files related to national and state issues pertinent to Minnesota ACORN, various newsletters (1987-2008) with supporting files, and clippings files from various news sources. The administrative files contain records related to membership, including training manuals, and handbooks. Also included are press releases, correspondence, agendas, and notes from the board of directors, campaign reports, year end-year beginning reports, and documents related to the background and structure of the state organization. Additionally, the collection contains both video recordings and audio recordings related to Minnesota ACORN as well as the national organization. The videorecordings pertain especially to demonstrations, the 2008 U.S. presidential election, rebuilding New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, and public service announcements.
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Administrative
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Box
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1-4
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ACORN documents
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Box
1
Folder
5
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ACORN holiday cards
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Box
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Folder
6
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ACORN legal services
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Box
1
Folder
7
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ACORN schools
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Box
1
Folder
8-9
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ACORN training manual
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Agendas
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Box
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Folder
11-12
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Annual report, 2005-2006
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Archival material (national)
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Box
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14
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Background and structure
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Box
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15
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Board of directors: notes, correspondence, and agendas
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Box
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16
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Calendars, 1987, 2006, 2009
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Box
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17
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Campaign report, 2005-2006
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Developing curriculum in an ACORN high school
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Membership handbook, 1995
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Membership information
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Box
1
Folder
21
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National convention schedule, 1986
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Box
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22
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Poster
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Press releases
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Box
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Folder
24
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Press releases and media
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Box
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Folder
25
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State field director position description
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Box
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Folder
26
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Statistics
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Box
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27
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Strategic plan, 2005-2008
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Box
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Folder
28-33
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Year End-Year Beginning reports, 1993-2003
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Bank Fair
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Box
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Folder
34
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Bank Summit
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Box
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Folder
35-36
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Bank Fair, 1997-1998
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Box
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37
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Proposal plan, 1998
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Box
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38-41
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Bank Fair, 1999-2002
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Box
1
Folder
42
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Flyers, 1998
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Box
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43
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Giveaways
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Box
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Folder
44
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Logistics
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Box
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Folder
45
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Radio advertisements
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Box
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Folder
46
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School list
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Box
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Folder
47
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Banking campaign, 1999-2002
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Campaigns/Organizing
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Box
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Folder
48
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ACORN campaign information
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Box
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Folder
49
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ACORN community organizing model
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Advocacy for justice
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Box
1
Folder
51
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Campaign scripts
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Box
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Folder
52
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Canvass
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Box
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Folder
1
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Canvass training
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Clean-up day
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Flyers
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Box
2
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4
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Freedom ride
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Legislative Action Committee
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Box
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6-7
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Organizing and planning
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Box
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8
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Organizing and recruiting
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Box
2
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9
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Orientation packs
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Housing
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Abandoned house tour
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Box
2
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11
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Affordable housing policy resolution
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Box
2
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12
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Ballot initiative, 2001
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Box
2
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13
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Campaign meeting
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Task force
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Trust fund information
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Box
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Folder
16
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Death of affordable housing
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Box
2
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17-22
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Dollar House program
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Implementation committee
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Box
2
Folder
24
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Interest list
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Box
2
Folder
25
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Financial education brochures
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Box
2
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26
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Hennepin County
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Box
2
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27
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Homebuyer's guides
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Box
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28
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Homeowner address list and correspondence
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Box
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29
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Housing: city and county lists
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Box
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30
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Housing campaign
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Box
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31
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Housing policy drafts
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Box
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32
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Housing Fair
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Box
2
Folder
33-34
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Housing information
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Box
2
Folder
35
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Housing development proposal
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Box
2
Folder
36
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Housing testimony
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Box
2
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37
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Housing and Urban Development (HUD) meeting report, 1998
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Box
2
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38
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Jobs and affordable housing campaign
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Box
2
Folder
39-40
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Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) project
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Box
2
Folder
41
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Minneapolis housing budget
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Box
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42
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Minneapolis housing information
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Box
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43
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Proposed Minneapolis abandoned house/Affordable housing campaign, 1999 Summer-Fall
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Box
2
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44
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Minneapolis public high rises
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Box
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45
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Minneapolis public housing and development
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Box
2
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46
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Minneapolis public housing authority: tenant information
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Box
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47
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Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Acts, 2007
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Box
2
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48
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Native American Project
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Box
2
Folder
49
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Neighborhood revitalization program
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Box
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50
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Northside ACORN (Minneapolis)
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Box
2
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51
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Ramsey County
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Box
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Folder
52
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Scripts for housing calls
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Box
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53
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Section 8 vouchers (Hennepin County)
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Box
2
Folder
54
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Slumlords - Policy
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Box
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55
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St. Paul housing
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Box
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St. Paul housing and development
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Tenant's rights legislation
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Box
3
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3
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Upcoming housing research
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Box
3
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Vacant and boarded
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Box
3
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Ward 4 Members
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Box
3
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Williams et al. v. Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation
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Living Wage
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Box
3
Folder
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Erich Mische lawsuit
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Box
3
Folder
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Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Living wage campaign materials
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Minneapolis living wage campaign
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Box
3
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11
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Oakland, California, living wage materials
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Newsletters
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Box
3
Folder
12
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ACORN newsletters, 1987-2008
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Newsletter advertisement information
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Box
3
Folder
14-15
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Newsletter materials
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Box
3
Folder
16
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National advertisements
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Lending
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Box
3
Folder
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ACORN lending talks
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Box
3
Folder
18
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Auto insurance information
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Box
3
Folder
19
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“Black or Poor? You'll Pay More”
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Box
3
Folder
20
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Clean money education reform campaign
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Box
3
Folder
21
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Firstar closings, 1996-1997
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Box
3
Folder
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Foreclosure scams
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Box
3
Folder
24
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Home 123: lending information
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Box
3
Folder
25
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Lending studies
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Box
3
Folder
26
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Loan counseling
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Box
3
Folder
27
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Loan counseling, AHC
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Box
3
Folder
28
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Minnesota ACORN Guide to Responsible Lending
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Box
3
Folder
29
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Research on initiative
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Box
3
Folder
30
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Road to Rescue: Philadelphia model
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Box
3
Folder
31
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Wolski v. Freemont Investment and loan
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Predatory Lending
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Box
3
Folder
32
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Cost of
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Box
3
Folder
33
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Minneapolis
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Box
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Folder
34
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Testimony
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Box
3
Folder
35-37
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Information
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Wells Fargo
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Folder
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Complaints and responses
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Correspondence
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Holdings list
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Internal training manual
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Lawsuit papers
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Loan optimizer
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Box
4
Folder
8-11
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Lending information
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Voting
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: Neighborhood Connection Program
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Opposition literature
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Precinct and caucuses
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Politics of voter fraud
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Box
4
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16
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Project vote, 2004
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Voter registration
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Box
4
Folder
18
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“Who Owns the Mayor” ACORN study
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Subject files
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Allies and contacts
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Bush tax plan
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Box
4
Folder
21
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Campaign for the jobs ordinance
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Box
4
Folder
22
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Charter school campaign
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Box
4
Folder
23
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Civic engagements and economic development
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Box
4
Folder
24
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Community benefit agreements
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Box
4
Folder
25
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Food donors
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Box
4
Folder
26
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General correspondence
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Box
4
Folder
27
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Hmong citizenship, 1996
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Box
4
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28
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Human rights abuses against Hmong people
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Box
4
Folder
29
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KNON 89.3 bumper sticker
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Box
4
Folder
30
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Labor
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Box
4
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31
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Legislative conference
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Box
4
Folder
32
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Liberty tax service
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Box
4
Folder
33
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Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action (MAPA)
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Box
4
Folder
34
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Corporate welfare
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Box
4
Folder
35
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Employment
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Box
4
Folder
36
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Retreat
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Box
4
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37
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St. Paul
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Box
4
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38
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Minnesota budget information
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Box
4
Folder
39
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Organizing apprenticeship project
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Box
4
Folder
40
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Paid sick days
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Box
4
Folder
41
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Police research
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Box
4
Folder
42
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Religious/Church
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Box
4
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43
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Research on children
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Box
4
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44
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St. Paul trades and labor assembly
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Box
4
Folder
45
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St. Paul works
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Box
4
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46
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Sherwin Williams campaign
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Box
4
Folder
47
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Social organizations and campaigning
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Box
4
Folder
48
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TRLA Times, 2007 Spring
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Box
4
Folder
49
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Temporary worker firm testing
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Box
4
Folder
50
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Hiring Hall
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Box
4
Folder
51
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Transparencies from miscellaneous presentations
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Box
4
Folder
52
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Utility deregulation
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Box
4
Folder
53
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Wal-Mart
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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Clippings file
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Videorecordings
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DVD
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Box
6
DVD
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ACORN and the Fight Against Voter Suppression
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Box
6
DVD
2
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ACORN Votes: 2007 ACORN Presidential Candidate Forum and Interview
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Box
6
DVD
3
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Foreclosure PSA II
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National ACORN
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Box
6
DVD
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Minimum Wage
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Box
6
DVD
5
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Orlando ACORN and South Apopka
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Box
6
DVD
6
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Shorts in Progress
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Box
6
DVD
7
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Washington
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New Orleans and National ACORN
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Box
6
DVD
8
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ACORN: NOLA - screening copy
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Box
6
DVD
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Forum Short
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Box
6
DVD
10
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Katrina - final long version #3
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Box
6
DVD
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Katrina: Rebuilding New Orleans
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Box
6
DVD
12
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Public Service Announcements, 2006 January
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Box
6
DVD
13
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Session 1, 2006 January
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Box
6
DVD
14
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Session 2
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Box
6
DVD
15
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Session 3
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Box
6
DVD
16
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Overdrawn!
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Box
6
DVD
17
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Predatory Lending
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Presidential Candidates 2008
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Box
6
DVD
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Edwards, John
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Box
6
DVD
19
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Obama, Barack
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Box
6
DVD
20
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Presidential Candidates: Clinton, Edwards, Kucinich
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Box
6
DVD
21-22
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Tax PSA
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Box
6
DVD
23
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Tax Preparation PSA
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Box
6
DVD
24
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“We All Benefit”: Benefits Training for ACORN
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Box
6
DVD
25
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Willards Shooting
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VHS
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Box
7
Video
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ACORN: 2004 Los Angeles Convention
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Box
7
Video
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ACORN Convention 2000: News Footage
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Box
7
Video
3
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ACORN's Fight Against Predatory Lending
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Box
7
Video
4
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ACORN: Fighting Predatory Lending
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Box
7
Video
5
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ACORN Goes to Washington
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Box
7
Video
6
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ACORN HUD Rally, 1989 August 19
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Box
7
Video
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ACORN protest at United States Congress
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Box
7
Video
8
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ACORN Today
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Box
7
Video
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Fired Up: The National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
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Box
7
Video
10
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Predatory lending: ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox 5, 1997-2001
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Box
7
Video
11
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Predatory lending in local news: Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Paul
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Box
7
Video
12
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Predatory lending in local news: Long Island, New York
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Box
7
Video
13
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Predatory Lending Practices: News Coverage
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Box
7
Video
14
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A Presentation by ACORN
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Box
7
Video
15
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Whelan, Kevin
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Audio recording
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Sound Archive
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Public Service Announcements - Predatory Lending
Compact disc
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