"The people of New Orleans will not go quietly into the night, scattering across this country to become homeless in countless other cities while federal relief funds are funneled into rebuilding casinos, hotels, chemical plants and the wealthy white districts of New Orleans like the French Quarter and the Garden District."
Original statement of the People's Hurricane Relief Fund
Last week Kathy Engel reported on her trip to work with the People's Hurricane Relief Fund and Reconstruction Project in Jackson, Mississippi.
We are updating the information about how you can help this group including how you can make a tax deductible contribution on-line.
People's Hurricane Relief Fund:
3656 Wheatley Street, Jackson, Miss. 39212
601 346 5995
tax deductible contributions:
c/o Vanguard Public Foundation
383 Rhode Island Avenue, suite 301
San Francisco, California 94103
Earmarked for People's Hurricane Relief Fund
or you can make a contribution at www.vanguardsf.org/
The People's Hurricane Relief and Reconstruction Project intends to work with community groups to oversee all aspects of relief, recovery and reconstruction, is submitting a petition to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and is calling on the government to:
" provide funds for all displaced families to be reunited:
" allocate the $50 billion for reconstruction to the victims of the hurricane in the form of a Victims Compensation Fund;
" accept representation on all boards that are making decisions on spending public dollars for relief and reconstruction
" place displaced workers and residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in public workers' jobs, offering union wages;
" publicly account for and show the entire reconstruction process
