Updated 01.12.2006

COMMON GROUND RELIEF IS STILL SEEKING SUPPORT TO CONTINUE HELPING SURVIVORS OF KATRINA

Volunteers needed to help those who are helping rebuild in the wake of the devastation from the hurricanes.  Join the effort to bring volunteers and supplies to the Common Ground Collective, www.commongroundrelief.org for more information.

The goal is to bring much needed physical and morale support to the people to the people of Algiers and the 9th Ward.

Volunteers should be in good physical and mental health, be able to do hard physical labor and/or bring a specific needed skill. Volunteers should be able to pay/bring/make for own food and water. Shelter will be provided.  Volunteers must be able to work in a "collective", non-sectarian, anti-racist/sexist environment.

Since Katrina and Rita, Common Ground Collective has served nearly 20,000 residents of some of the hardest hit regions of New Orleans, establishing two community centers and a free health clinic with volunteers. This grassroots effort has begun the work of helping the people of Black New Orleans reclaim their lives.

CALLS TO ACTION!

STOP THE FORCED EVICTIONS OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS! STOP EFFORTS TO ALLOW LANDLORDS TO DECLARE FLOODED HOMES ABANDONED!
HELP THE PEOPLE RECLAIM THEIR LIVES AND HOMES!

Get Your Act On
www.getyouracton.com

Minnesota Coalition to Aid Hurricane Survivors
www.mncahs.org

Resources for People with Disabilities Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
http://immuneweb.org/katrina

GP Disability Caucus Launches Site for Katrina Survivors With Disabilities

Updated 09.29.2005

Leenie Halbert & Andrea Garland of the New Orleans Green Party need help with post-Katrina relief work in New Orleans.

They've established a relief center to feed 250 people a day (with help from Food Not Bombs), and they're planning to set up a medical clinic. They're also involved with a 'pirate' radio station that features health and self-help information, news, and music. It's the only radio station currently broadcasting in New Orleans.

Here's what they need:
Donations of non-perishable vegetarian food (beans, dried fruit, grains, etc).
Vitamins, toiletries, water rechargeable batteries, cell phones, computers, mobile cards for cell phones.

They also encourage people to send caravans of supplies (as some Greens have done already).

Donations can be made on-line at
http://www.Getyouracton.com
and
http://www.RebuildGreen.org

Or contact them directly:
Leenie: 225-615-4905, leenie@leenie.com
Andrea: 254-640-8441, andrea@getyouracton.org

Malik Rahim, a Green Party member who lives in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, continues to need help.
Malik, who ran as a Green candidate for New Orlean City Council, has been organizing in New Orleans to develop medical clinics and self-help operations, deliver food and water to those who need it, clearing blockages, and helping people deal with FEMA and the police, which have been trying to force and intimidate people into leaving.

Read more at
http://www.commongroundrelief.org
and
http://www.RebuildGreen.org

Malik invites people to call him in New Orleans at 504-368-6897 for information about how to send help. Assistance can also be sent to Common Ground, PO Box 3216, Gretna, LA 70054.

On the scene coverage by Pat LaMarche (2004 Green candidate for Vice President) in New Orleans, in the Times Record (Maine)
>> http://www.timesrecord.com/...
>> http://www.timesrecord.com/...

Katrina Information Exchange
New Orleans Green, Bart Everson, has set up a Yahoo! list for people to exchange information: advice, requests for help and offers of direct material or other assistance are encouraged. Please join the group and use it to get in touch with other refugees, extend offers of help, advertise needs. This is an open discussion list -- messages are not moderated, but must be kept on topic: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/katrina-refugees/

craigslist resources for Katrina survivors
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/about/help/katrina_cl.html

More organizations working on relief efforts:

The American Friends Service Committee
www.donatefast.com/donate/index.cfm?id=afcrisis

OXFAM America
https://secure.ga3.org/02/katrina_fund

The Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund
https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005

Rebuild New Orleans, Rebuild Green
"The disaster that has struck New Orleans should be turned into an opportunity to REBUILD GREEN. By focusing on green building technology, renewable energy, mass transit systems, and green community development that empowers local people to take control of their local resources, the rebuilding of New Orleans can take our city from being a symbol of disaster to being a prototype sustainable city of the future."