ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.
Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 350,000 member families, organized in 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. and in cities in Argentina, Peru, Mexicao, the Dominican Republic and Canada.
ACORN's accomplishments include successful campaigns for better housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and more.
ACORN members participate in local meetings and actively work on campaigns, elect leadership from the neighborhood level up, and pay the organization's core expenses through membership dues and grassroots fundraisers.
ACORN has constantly challenged the traditional notions of what a community organization is, and its family of organizations includes two radio stations, a voter registration network, a housing corporation, and several publications.
6. "Much Long-Term Katrina Recovery Aid Unspent" In response to Reply # 0
August 29, 2007 · In the two years since Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has provided more than $114 billion in aid. About two-thirds went for immediate relief, but much of the money devoted to long-term rebuilding remains unspent. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14009346
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7. "After Katrina: Voices from the Gulf Coast" In response to Reply # 0
For the past two years, photographer Chris Usher has been documenting the lives of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. He shares some of those photographs — and the stories behind them — in an audio slideshow for NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14011300
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8. "The Bordelons: Rebuilt Home, Hope for the Future" In response to Reply # 0
Donald and Colleen Bordelon's home in St. Bernard Parish, La., was still in ruins a year after being flooded by Hurricane Katrina. But since then, they've nearly finished rebuilding and are growing confident the neighborhood will come back, too. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13983705
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9. "Amid Lingering Chaos, Hope for New Orleans' Future" In response to Reply # 0
While outsiders shake their heads about the many parts of the city that are still unlivable, people who live in New Orleans seem too busy to spend time worrying about what might have been, says correspondent Greg Allen. It's becoming clear, he says, that you can't keep a good city down. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14000248
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now or never Member since Oct 27th 2004 3821 posts
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24. "i was just watching cnn" In response to Reply # 0
and jack cafferty was reading his email responses to a question about what people thought about katrina. some of the responses went kinda like this...
"new orleans is the worst example of what america has to offer. people who won't do for themselves and expect a handout from the government"
"local governments don't do enough and expect the federal government to just step in and save them."
basically a buncha motherfuckers in this country think the people in new orleans need to rebuild their own homes, re-sew their own clothes, refertilize their own land and hunt for their own animals so they can eat, and all the help that they're asking for from the federal government is "expecting a handout." white people (not all of you, just the ones who think shit like this) you never cease to amaze me with your selective lapses in logic. either that or you have absolutely no idea how devastating the hurricane really was.
34. "http://www.blackamericaweb.com" In response to Reply # 0
I know Tom and his crew always do a great job getting the money directly into the people's hands. __________________________________________________________
Since 2003, TCCI.s mission has been the comprehensive revitalization of Turkey Creek - one of Mississippi.s most endangered African-American communities, coastal streams, and urban watersheds. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, we are now engaged in an ad hoc community relief effort as well.
Persons wishing to support this immediate short-term goal may do so c/o Mr. Peter Keating at: Keating & Co., 66 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02108.
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents, organizations and small businesses have immediate and long term legal needs, including:
* A grandmother now caring for her grandchildren and needing legal guardianship * Children who have special needs getting access to essential services in their new schools * Insurance being denied because companies deem damages caused by flood not hurricane * Families losing their homes because they can't access their bank accounts * Veterans not getting their medical and other benefits * Elderly homeowners being scammed by predatory lenders * Families needing to file for bankruptcy protection * Newly disabled individuals who need help getting SSI benefits * Immigrant workers displaced from jobs at poultry plants and casino hotels
Lawyers are in a unique position to understand the depth and breadth of the legal services needed by the hurricane's victims -- whether they were pushed further into poverty or are newly poor and displaced.. We know you may have already given to organizations provided general disaster relief. But we still ask you to dig deeper to help the Mississippi justice community address the myriad legal problems these people are facing.
Mississippi's already limited legal delivery resources for the poor are now further strained by the magnitude of the destruction that Katrina left in her path.
But the devastation has also presented an opportunity to build a strong legal delivery system over the long term so that we are never in this position again. This includes coordinating direct advocacy in individual cases as well as broader legal strategies for systemic impact.
We understand this will be a continuing need?four years after 9/11, New York Legal Services continues to address the legal needs of the 9/11 families. We need your financial assistance NOW to build a lasting legal delivery and coordination system? Give as much as you can. The reality has set in--we are preparing for a marathon, not a sprint!
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