Help Katrina Survivors Come Home & Rebuild
If there was ever a moment when one minute of your time could make a real difference in the lives of Katrina survivors, it's right now.
Thousands of Katrina survivors want to return home, but haven't been given a chance. Now there is a plan that will bring them back—but it won't happen without our support.
A smaller, whiter, wealthier New Orleans
For a year and a half, politicians have supported plans that will push Black and poor folks out of New Orleans and the Gulf. Whether malicious or not, the result is the same—a post- Katrina New Orleans that is smaller, wealthier and whiter.
Today we have on opportunity to change that. The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project would bring 100,000 Katrina survivors home to rebuild: providing them with training, temporary housing, and rebuilding work. It's the one plan that would make it possible for Black folks of every socio-economic class to come back home and rebuild their lives and communities.
But it won't happen on its own. Those who aren't excited to see Black folks return or who see an opportunity to make buck as the area gentrifies will fight it.
Our voice is our power, and if enough of us speak loudly, we can achieve justice for our brothers and sisters in the Gulf.
We've done it before. Why not now?
The idea behind the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project is not new. During the Great Depression, the federal government believed it had a responsibility to ensure that those hit hardest did not fall through the cracks. So, in 1935, Congress created a program to hire 4.2 million out-of-work Americans in a matter of 8 weeks to build bridges, roads, libraries, schools and other public facilities. If we could put over 4 million people to work in just 8 weeks in 1935, there's no reason we can't put 100,000 people to work rebuilding the Gulf Coast right now.
It's the right thing to do
The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project is a plan that makes sense—for displaced survivors, for the communities of the Gulf Coast, for the nation as a whole. It provides an opportunity to invest in Americans while reversing the most glaring problems that plague current rebuilding plans: gentrification, government waste, and massive corporate profiteering.
The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project is a great idea, but it can only happen if we support it. You can help by letting Congress know you're behind the idea by completing the form above. We'll send a letter to your Congressional representative on your behalf and keep you posted on the campaign. It only takes a moment.
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Posted By: Will Moss
Wednesday, January 17th 2007 at 4:59AM
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