Re-Building New Orleans

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No, this isn’t a call for people interested in doing some GPP for a good cause.

I’m involved in a program that’s going to be taking place on December 2nd to bring together not only present New Orleans residents but also those who left in the wake of Katrina to talk about their interests and concerns in rebuilding the city. They’ve asked us to help get the word out to present or past residents so that they can participate and also encourage others to volunteer.

Here, more specifically, is what they’re still looking for:
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* Spreading the word to current and former New Orleans residents ? download a registration flyer and pass on the registration website
City-wide Meetings | UNOP: Unified New Orleans Plan and toll-free number 866-940-1095

* Facilitating at one of the webcast meetings: Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Jackson, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, NYC, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC ? sign up here

http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=wmxdh9bab.0.l5o7jzbab.qvaaczbab.4816&ts=S0209&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fs.asp%3Fu%3D170522741924
or email sahluwalia@americaspeaks.org

* Recruiting African American or Louisiana facilitators for Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Dallas or Houston ? send them to the online sign up form

http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=wmxdh9bab.0.l5o7jzbab.qvaaczbab.4816&ts=S0209&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fs.asp%3Fu%3D170522741924
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  Volunteering at one of the five in-person Community Congress Meetings ? email registration@americaspeaks.org with Volunteer in "city name" as the subject line
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  Blogging about the meeting or notifying your local news outlet with this press release

http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=wmxdh9bab.0.gjbhh9bab.qvaaczbab.4816&ts=S0209&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americaspeaks.org%2Fresources%2Fpress%2Freleases%2Funop_cc2_111406.pdf

Community Congress II will take place on Saturday December 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST) in Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Houston and New Orleans as well as at fifteen webcast meeting sites.

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I’m going to be facilitating in New Orleans and when I found out not only that I’d be facilitating but, even better, that I had a good excuse to visit New Orleans, I smiled for the rest of the day.

I hope some of you can participate or can let others who might be interested know. The event is free, and they will provide lunch and childcare, but they can’t help with travel expenses, etc. If you have questions or any of the links don’t work, PM me.

Thanks,
Martha

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Martha, sounds like you are an honorable person. I don’t live in New Orleans, but I do live in Louisiana.

There were a few good people in New Orleans but basically unless you lived in a gated community, it was the scum of the earth. It isn’t and wasn’t safe. At the Saints first game home they talked about giving free tickets to people who lived in the Lower Ninth Ward.

You don’t want those people in your local prison, much less associate with them. They don’t want to work to help themselves, only looking for a hand out.

Don’t sent anyone you care for down there, there’s a good chance they wont come back.

Find a better place affected by Katrina and go there. Like Bay St. Louis, or Waveland, Mississippi.

My hometown had many refugees. So many child molesters, rapists, murderers and thieves the jails couldn’t hold them all. When our local sheriff insisted on a background check before they could get in local shelters, 80% just up and left.

The only tragedy is that Katrina didn’t wipe New Orleans off the map completely.