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School Master Plan Strongly Criticized, Needs More Public Input: Part One Matt Olson 2008-09-28 12:13 AM
PART ONE OF THREE: The School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, released in mid-August, received its first hearing for public comment on Thursday September 18, 2008. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Petition Demands Extended Public Comment Period on NO School Plan Matt Olson 2008-09-25 7:21 PM
Read and Sign the Petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/SOSNOLA-ExtendReviewPeriod To see the petition in its entirety, click the "letter" link underneath the picture. Comments Supporting an Extended Public Review in Full Article (text/plain + 4 comments)

Free Family Fun Nights! Sharon Ober 2008-09-24 2:16 AM
Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30 PM are family fun nights at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi. (text/plain)

Citywide Anarchist Mtg./Picnic Oct 26th dd 2008-09-22 7:56 PM
Citywide Anarchist Meeting and Potluck at City Park! (text/plain)

ALABAMA UNDERGROUND, a small press, zine and music fair x 2008-09-19 3:39 PM
Greencup Books, Bare Hands Gallery & The2ndhand are pleased to announce the birth of the GREENCUP BOOK, ZINE & MUSIC FAIR, for small presses, zinesters, bookmakers and indy record labels from around the southeast. The fair will be held on the 14th and 15th of November (text/plain + 1 comment)

Blue Roof Program Extended Community Center of St Bernard 2008-09-19 1:09 PM
Blue Roof Program in St Bernard Parish extended to Oct 1 (text/plain)

Blue Roof Program Sign Up in St Bernard Parish Sharon Ober 2008-09-15 7:17 PM
Blue Roof Program Sign Up now available in St Bernard Parish (text/plain)

Community Center to hold Free Dinner Dance Sharon Ober 2008-09-12 9:41 PM
Free Dinner Dance to be held on Sept 20 (text/plain)

Community Center of St. Bernard to Freely Distribute Kitchenware Sharon Ober, Development Director 2008-09-11 9:02 PM
Community Center to distribute free cookware to low income residents. (text/plain)

Free Computer Classes at Community Center of St. Bernard Sharon Ober, Development Director 2008-09-11 9:00 PM
Free computer classes at the Community Center of St Bernard (text/plain)

Louisville Red Cross Portrayal of Evacuees Termed "Racist" anon 2008-09-09 7:04 AM

As the lists of flight information were finally posted for evacuees at the Louisville shelter, people were shocked to see themselves listed not by name or flight information, but by ANIMAL GROUPS. (image/jpeg)

CALL TO ACT: Gustav Impact on Louisiana and Haiti By Bill Quigley 2008-09-09 6:57 AM
Hurricane Gustav killed 18 people in Louisiana and displaced 1.9 million. Over 800,000 homes are without electricity. In Haiti, Gustav killed 77 with another 8 missing and damaged nearly 15,000 homes. Tropical storm Hanna, which closely followed Gustav, killed at least another 60 people. Tens of thousands of people have sought safety on rooftops and temporary shelters. (text/plain + 3 comments)

Rent Justice for Gustav Evacuees repost 2008-09-09 6:25 AM
As this hurricane fell at the end of August and the beginning of September, many returning evacuees are faced with mounting bills from landlords and utility companies after footing the cost of at least 4 days of evacuation. The financial hardship for many is unbearable. A drafted tenants agreement that tenants can present to their landlords to strike agreements to defer rent payment for a reasonable amount of time. (application/pdf)

FWD: URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR HURRICANE GUSTAV SURVIVORS zig 2008-09-06 5:20 PM
Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Take Direct Hit From Gustav Eyewall (text/plain + 1 comment)

Allegations police brutality and inhumane conditions in state shelters Elizabeth Cook 2008-09-04 9:01 PM

Evacuees in Shreveport area state-run shelters are reporting inhumane conditions and at least one incident of police brutality. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

INCITE Update on Needs for Evacuation INCITE! New Orleans 2008-09-02 5:38 PM
Your assistance is urgently needed to help the 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. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Updates from Common Ground Relief jdc 2008-09-02 4:47 AM
Common Ground Relief split up, with some staying in New Orleans and some evacuating to Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the storm. Here are some updates. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Understanding the developing Braithewaite situation ectopia 2008-09-02 3:46 AM
About two hundred residences in the Braithwaite subdivision along Highway 39 at the St. Bernard/Plaquemines Parish boundary southeast of New Orleans were threatened with flooding during the afternoon of Monday, September 1, 2008 as hurricane Gustav came ashore in southern Louisiana. The towns of Braithwaite and Port Nickel were ordered to evacuate. The status of this threat may have subsided somewhat tonight as the Army Corps of Engineers opened gates on the Caernarvon Mississippi River Diversion, thus lowering stress on the overtopped levee. Water in the Mississippi River is currently lower than the levels in the canals. (this article continues to clarify the Braithwaite situation and history) (text/plain)

Nearly Two Million Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav Approaches repost: Democracy Now 2008-09-02 12:29 AM
Nearly two million people have evacuated their homes as Hurricane Gustav heads towards the Gulf Coast. The Category 3 storm is expected to make landfall by midday today, with winds at 115 miles per hour. The evacuations come just days after New Orleans marked the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Gustav has also jeopardized this week’s Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Republican officials are already scaling back the RNC program. We go to New Orleans to speak with independent journalist, Jordan Flaherty. (text/plain)

As Hurricane Gustav Approaches, Blackwater Seeks Personnel to Deploy to Gulf Coast repost: Democracy Now 2008-09-02 12:24 AM
AMY GOODMAN: I want to go to Jeremy Scahill, who covered, of course, Hurricane Katrina in the aftermath, Democracy Now! correspondent, wrote Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Jeremy, what’s happening today? JEREMY SCAHILL: Well, last Friday, Blackwater sent out an email. This, of course, is the famous mercenary company that not only has operated in Iraq and Afghanistan, but was actually in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and beyond, in 2005 made $70 million in federal money just off of its Hurricane Katrina contracts. Last Friday, Blackwater sent out an email to its network of independent contractors. The company boasts of having some 20,000-plus individuals that it can call out at a moment’s notice. And the contract was looking for personnel that would be interested in deploying in, what the email said, areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Three Years After Katrina: While Republicans and Democrats Gather and Celebrate, A City St repost: Left Turn 2008-09-01 11:32 PM
As headlines focus on conventions and running mates, the third anniversary of Katrina offers an opportunity to examine the results of disastrous federal, state and local policy on the people of New Orleans. Several organizations have released powerful reports in the past week, examining the current state of the city; while grassroots activists have plans to broadcast their message from the streets. For those who have heard only uplifting stories about the city's recovery, the facts on the ground offer an urgent reminder of the ongoing disaster. (text/plain)

One Day to Gustav repost: Bill Quigley 2008-09-01 10:38 PM
In the blazing midday sun, hot and thirsty little children walk around bags of diapers and soft suitcases piled outside a locked community center in the Lower Ninth Ward. (text/plain + 1 comment)

The New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice gains the assurances for safe passage. repost 2008-09-01 10:34 PM
The New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice gains the assurances for safe passage. (text/plain)

www.GustavSolidarity.org www.GustavSolidarity.org 2008-09-01 9:57 PM
www.GustavSolidarity.org (text/plain)

Brief summary of current storm links Will K. 2008-09-01 4:37 PM
A brief summary of storm related links (text/plain)

Katrina & Gustav : On Remembrances and Anniversaries, Tears for the Gulf Coast & Immediate scott crow 2008-08-31 3:16 PM
We cannot let history as told by those who assume Power forget. Forget today, forget 2005 or forget the 500 years of neglect, abandonment and indifference that lead to the slow disasters on communities like those in the Gulf or anywhere in our world. Some of you may be aware there is a hurricane named Gustav that is working its way into the Gulf Of Mexico as we speak. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Gustav Approaches: Politics and consequences of the storm? Darwin BondGraham 2008-08-31 1:41 PM

As Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast Louisiana it appears possible that a repeat of Katrina is in the making. The storm, currently a category 3 hurricane is projected to make landfall dead upon Louisiana. So far its track is looking similar to Katrina's. The biggest difference this time is that New Orleans will be mostly empty if and when the floods come. (image/gif + 1 comment)

Prisoners of New Orleans need your help now (Hurricane Gustav)!!! Critical Resistance 2008-08-29 4:31 PM
Prisoners and Families of New Orleans needs your help immediately! (text/html + 1 comment)

Remembering Katrina and N.0. 3 years after – 5 min Audio Cannon 2008-08-28 2:24 AM
5 Minute montage of interviews while down in New Orleans in the Fall of 2005 right after the storms hit - while volunteering at the Common Ground Collective. Activists, Radicals and residents. Less we forget… Down load here: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/29018 (audio/mpeg)

Unique eBay auction to benefit Community Center Iray Nabatoff 2008-08-26 3:22 AM

eBay auction for tour of New Orleans in a motorcycle sidecar will benefit the nonprofit Community Center of St Bernard and commemorate the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (image/jpeg)

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