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Hurricane relief benefit show this Friday at La Casa Co-op |
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by sarah
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14 Sep 2005
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This Friday, September 16, La Casa Co-op will be hosting a benefit show to raise money for the Hurricane Relief Initiative of the New Orleans People's Committee. |
This Friday, September 16, La Casa Co-op will be hosting a benefit show to raise money for the Hurricane Relief Initiative of the New Orleans People's Committee.
Who:
Karina Lepeley
Spark and Run
Dylan Lamar
Where:
La Casa Co-op
906 South Maple in Urbana (Maple intersects with Washington)
When:
Friday, September 16, 8pm
Cost:
$3-$10 sliding-scale
All money will be donated to the Hurricane Relief Initiative of the New Orleans People's Committee. Here is some information about this group:
Press conference:
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
4:00 p.m. CST outside the Reliance Center at Kirby and McNee
New Orleans Black Community Leaders Charge Racism in
Government Neglect of Hurricane Survivors
Press conference to announce plan to save lives and
demand role in rebuilding effort
HOUSTON – A national alliance of black community leaders will
announce the formation of a New Orleans People’s Committee to
demand a decision-making role in the short-term care of
hurricane survivors and long-term rebuilding of New Orleans.
Community Labor United (CLU), a New Orleans coalition of
labor and community activists, has put out a call to
activists and organizations across the country to work on
a “people’s campaign” of community redevelopment. Organizing
efforts will take place across hundreds of temporary shelters.
The population of New Orleans is 67 percent black and over 30
percent of the population lives below the poverty line,
reflecting the current demographic of hurricane survivors
displaced all over the South.
While the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the
White House, and Governor Blanco attempt to regain the
public’s trust by evading the question of who’s to blame, a
short and long-term plan for New Orleans hurricane survivors
has remained in a political vault of silence.
“This is plain, ugly, real racism,” states Curtis Muhammad,
CLU Organizing Director. “While some politicians and
organizations might skirt around the issue of race, we in New
Orleans are not afraid to call it what it is. The moral
values of our government is to ‘shoot to kill’ hungry, thirsty
black hurricane survivors for trying to live through the
aftermath. This is not just immoral—this has turned a
natural disaster into a man-made disaster, fueled by racism.”
Leaders of CLU, in alliance with nearly twenty other local
organizations and several national organizations will discuss
their plan at a press conference on Tuesday, September 6,
2005, at 4:00 p.m. CST outside the Reliance Center at Kirby
and McNee. The coalition will announce:
The formation of the New Orleans People’s Committee composed
of hurricane survivors from each of the shelters, which will:
1. Demand to oversee FEMA, the Red Cross, and
other organizations collecting resources on behalf of
the black community of New Orleans
2. Demand decision-making power in the long-term
redevelopment of New Orleans
3· Issue a national call for volunteers to assist
with housing, health care, education, and legal
matters for the duration of the displacement
Tax-exempt donations for the People’s Committee and
the national coalition can be made out to:
Young People’s Project
440 N. Mills St.
Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39202
or visit www.qecr.org. |
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