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Hurricane Gustave Information and Links
[Updated below]
Here’s some information and links to ways that you can help the people of New Orleans, who are being evacuated right now.
From Sylvia
Urgent Community Action Needed in the Gulf in the Face of Gustav
Gustav destroys Cuba — The Straits Times
From Brownfemipower: How to Help During Hurricane Gustave
Incite! New Orleans Need Your Help!
Your assistance is urgently needed to help low-income women of color and their families evacuate safely if need be, stay safe for the duration of the evacuation, and return to the city as soon as possible so as not to fall prey to the pushout that has kept so many folks from being able to return to New Orleans since Katrina. Local organizers are using whatever resources and funds at their disposal to help women and their families evacuate, bond people being held in Orleans Parish Prison out, and support those who make the choice to stay in whatever way they can.
Prisoners in New Orleans Need Your Help!
Critical Resistance (CR) is demanding that the elected officials of
New Orleans will not create the same devastating wrongs as they did to
the prisoners of Orleans Parish Prison during hurricane Katrina.1. we demand a full and safe evacuation of all prisoners
2. we demand to know what the evacuation plan for prisoners is
3. we demand to see a public document about that plan immediately
4. we demand information about how we can find people after an evacuationWe are urging every member, ally and comrade of New Orleans across the
country, to make atleast one call to: CLICK HERE TO SEE NAMES AND NUMBERS
More updates on Hurricane Gustave via Sylvia’s tweets:
Updates at the Craigslist Hurricane Relief Forums
More Links:
Shakesville: How to Help
Trouble the Water: Learn What You Can Do
Helping NO residents and their pets
Update from comments (if anyone else has any helpful links they’d like to add, please do so and I will add them to the main post).
From Renee: INCITE is also trying to raise money to help WOC vacate the city. I am sure I don’t need to remind everyone that these women still have not recovered from Katrina and now they are facing another terrible disaster. Please give what you can, we all know what relying on gov’t help leads to.
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