Oral Histories

Kim Huff

   January 1, 2024

   

Canvasser, Atlanta, 1978-1979; Office Manager/Bookkeeper, Atlanta, 1979-1980; Accounting/Payroll Grant Writer, New Orleans, 1980-1983

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1. January 1, 2024 Interviewed by Fred Brooks

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Kim Huff was hired as a door-to-door canvasser in Atlanta, Georgia in 1978. She worked as a canvasser for a year in Atlanta, and briefly in Philadelphia. After a year, she became an office manager and book keeper for Georgia Action/ACORN. After Ga. Action merged with ACORN, and she moved to New Orleans where she worked in accounting/payroll and grant writing under the supervision of Dale Rathke. Kim left ACORN in 1983 to obtain a graduate degree in statistics. Kim offers the perspective of someone who had inside knowledge of payroll and accounting for ACORN in the early 80s.