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susanstinson) wrote2005-09-04 08:00 pm
susanstinson) wrote2005-09-04 08:00 pm
Hurricane response
Places I'm donating to now in response to the hurricane:
The Southern Mutual Help Organization. They've been doing strong, progressive work in support of people who work in the sugar cane fields and other poor rural Southern communities for many years. They have experience with providing housing, with past hurricanes, and with organizing in communities under enormous stress.
The NAACP Disaster Relief Fund, which states its mission as follows:
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the NAACP has launched the Disaster Relief Fund to raise monies through its members and those citizens of good will who want to help. The funds raised will be used to: 1) provide immediate assistance to the worst affected victims, 2) mobilize resources to feed, cloth and shelter displaced victims, and 3) to ensure the equitable distribution of money and resources from Federal, state and local government and other relief agencies.
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poor_planning is collecting facts, figures and research, with a precis for each link, to make the case that evacution planning discriminates against poor, ill and disabled people. This post is particularily detailed, broad in scope and disturbing.
There is a woman in Texas who needs donations of plus sized clothes for people displaced by the hurricane. Her first message mentioned 4-6X, but I've just heard that any size of large is needed. The place to send them:
April Maraville, 8000 Bell Aire Blvd. Building 14, UNit 8002, Apt 1204, Houston, TX 77036.
My parents, who I love and respect enormously despite our very different politics, spent the morning folding clothing donations to help to get ready for the 500 people displaced by the hurricane who are arriving on Tuesday to a church camp in their small Texas town.
The Southern Mutual Help Organization. They've been doing strong, progressive work in support of people who work in the sugar cane fields and other poor rural Southern communities for many years. They have experience with providing housing, with past hurricanes, and with organizing in communities under enormous stress.
The NAACP Disaster Relief Fund, which states its mission as follows:
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the NAACP has launched the Disaster Relief Fund to raise monies through its members and those citizens of good will who want to help. The funds raised will be used to: 1) provide immediate assistance to the worst affected victims, 2) mobilize resources to feed, cloth and shelter displaced victims, and 3) to ensure the equitable distribution of money and resources from Federal, state and local government and other relief agencies.
According to its community description,
poor_planning is collecting facts, figures and research, with a precis for each link, to make the case that evacution planning discriminates against poor, ill and disabled people. This post is particularily detailed, broad in scope and disturbing. There is a woman in Texas who needs donations of plus sized clothes for people displaced by the hurricane. Her first message mentioned 4-6X, but I've just heard that any size of large is needed. The place to send them:
April Maraville, 8000 Bell Aire Blvd. Building 14, UNit 8002, Apt 1204, Houston, TX 77036.
My parents, who I love and respect enormously despite our very different politics, spent the morning folding clothing donations to help to get ready for the 500 people displaced by the hurricane who are arriving on Tuesday to a church camp in their small Texas town.
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Just so you know, there are nuns in leadership at the Southern Mutual Self Help group. I respect the integrity and tenacity and radical approach and effectiveness of their work, but if it's important for you to know about the Christian elements of a group, you might want to know that.
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Info about the effort is also listed in