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YEAR LATER... AND STILL WAITING... 1) AN INVITATION to participate -- please visit the www.Linkedfate.org web site and join the initiative in support of communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (as an individual, as an organization). This is critical to building a base of support for meetings which will be taking place in Washington DC In September and October. Please pass this request on to your friends/colleagues/members/constituents/networks.
2) LEARN -- Read and distribute the latest research and fact sheets 3) SIGN and circulate the Petition for Fairness & Opportunity. The National Alliance to Restore Opportunity to the Gulf Coast Displaced Persons has initiated the Petition for Fairness & Opportunity, demanding that the federal government do much more to restore hope and opportunity to our brothers and sisters inside and outside the region. Please download and return the petition by September 20, 2006. 4) EXPAND YOUR REACH with the Advocate's Toolkit put together by the Opportunity Agenda.
May 15, 2006, a new report... In the Wake of the Storm Environment, Disaster, and Race After Katrina (supported by the Russell Sage Foundation and co-authored by Manuel Pastor, Robert Bullard, James Boyce, Alice Fothergill, Rachel Morello-Frosch, and Beverly Wright) is now available on the web at:
Editorials and Sermons of Note... Opinion
article from the Boston Globe 8/27/2006 Opinion
article from the New York Times 5/9/2006
Guiding Principles for Restoring Community in the Gulf Coast Region: Guiding Principles for a Just and Equitable Rebuilding of New Orleans Ten Points to Guide Rebuilding in the Gulf Coast Region A Bill of Rights for Rebuilding New Orleans (PDF file) The Hurricanes’ Legacy: Redevelopment in the Gulf Coast and the Nation from Smart Growth America New Orleans after the Storm: Lessons from the Past, a Plan for the Future a report from the Brookings Institution Katrina: Issues and the Aftermath (from The Brookings Institution) New Orleans: Plan for Racial Equality and Environmental Justice Thoughts on After Katrina: Diaspora and the Second Reconstruction Perspectives on Katrina and Social Justice: A
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Day of Prayer and Call to Action
Katrina and the Second Disaster: A Twenty-Point Plan to Destroy Black New Orleans By Robert D. Bullard, PhD, Director, Environmental In the Wake of Katrina: Provide Mobility, Not Just Mobile Homes The Color Line in Greenbuilding Katrina and the Demographics of Destruction and Reconstruction from The Center for Law in the Public Interest Collins Center to Help Hurricane Ravaged States Katrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across America Katrina: A Watershed for a Nation and a Movement Learning from Disasters: London’s Great Fire and Katrina Editorial from The Social Edge.com Extensive list of Katrina links from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Geography Department
Katrina: Tracking Legislative Issues Gulf Coast Technical Assistance Project A joint project of the Partnership for Working Families and the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU Law School
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