1. Malik Rahim was born on Donald Guyton in 1948 and is an American housing and prison activist based since the late 1990s in the New Orleans area of Louisiana, where he grew up.
22 Facts About Malik Rahim
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In 2005 Rahim gained national publicity as a community organizer in New Orleans in 2005 to combat the widespread destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; there he co-founded the Common Ground Collective.
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Malik Rahim was a founding member of Pilgrimage for Life, advocating an end to the death penalty in the state.
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Malik Rahim ran for New Orleans City Council in 2002, representing the Green Party, but was unsuccessful.
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Malik Rahim was a Green Party candidate; Republican candidate Joseph Cao won the election.
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Malik Rahim attended Landry High School, but left prior to graduation to join the United States Navy.
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Malik Rahim joined in trying to organize a chapter of the Black Panther Party in Louisiana.
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Malik Rahim was among the group that walked out and were arrested by police.
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Malik Rahim was convicted of armed robbery and served a five-year prison sentence in Los Angeles, which ended in the early 1980s.
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Malik Rahim gradually became involved in more general housing issues.
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Malik Rahim opposed demolition of the structure as part of the HOPE VI plan, and worked for affordable housing.
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In 1998, Malik Rahim traveled with Kathy Kelly And former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark along with others to Iraq in direct opposition to The embargo and sanctions.
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Malik Rahim was a founding member of the Louisiana anti-death penalty group "Pilgrimage for Life," along with Sister Helen Prejean.
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In 1998 Malik Rahim was a co-founder of the "National Coalition to Free the Angola 3," an organization working for the release of three Black Panthers who had been convicted of prison murders and held for more than two decades at Angola Prison in solitary confinement.
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In 2002, Malik Rahim became involved in electoral politics for the first time, running for the New Orleans City Council on the Green Party of Louisiana ticket; he received 3,654 votes.
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Malik Rahim ran on a platform of a "living wage," improved conditions at public housing, and reform of youth programs and the juvenile justice system.
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Malik Rahim set up an ad hoc relief distribution center at his late mother's house in the aftermath.
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In 2006, Malik Rahim announced plans to run for mayor of New Orleans, but did not complete the process to appear on the ballot.
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In July 2008, Malik Rahim decided to run again for national office.
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Malik Rahim filed to run for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district seat of the US House of Representatives as a Green Party candidate.
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Malik Rahim ran against Democratic incumbent William J Jefferson, Republican candidate Joseph Cao, and Libertarian Party candidate Gregory Kahn.
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Malik Rahim was featured with Scott Crow, Desert storm Veteran Dennis Kyne and activist's Jimmy Dunson and Suncere Ali Shakur in the documentary Welcome to New Orleans, directed by Rasmus Holm, about their efforts in community building in the city.