Dec 28, 2009
The 2000 Census overlooked 1 million people of color, impacting the distribution of federal funds and the distribution of political power at every level of government. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has launched a campaign to make sure that everyone is counted in the 2010 Census, including new groups at risk of exclusion: African Americans disproportionately impacted by the foreclosure crisis and the hundreds of thousands displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
http://www.countonchange2010.org/
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Dec 09, 2009
Thursday December 10th marks the fourth International Human Rights Day since Hurricanes Katrina, and we want you to take action and tell the Obama Adminstration to demand human rights for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Even under a new President, the US government continues to refuse to take necessary steps to ensure the rights of the survivors along the Gulf Coast. Please take a minute now and write to the President's working group on recovery to demand human rights for Katrina survivors today: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5107/t/5836/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2321. Read More |
Nov 16, 2009
The National Low Income Housing Coalition joins housing advocates from Texas in applauding the decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to reject the plan submitted by the state of Texas on how the state would use Hurricane Ike disaster recovery funds. Read More |
Nov 11, 2009
Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama "racist," Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company (News Corp) said "if you actually assess what he was talking about, [Beck] was right." Plelase sign the ColorOfChange.org petition to help create a powerful conversation about Fox's race-baiting that will help hold the network, and its owner Murdoch, accountable. http://www.colorofchange.org/murdoch/?id=2042-693017
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Nov 02, 2009
This month, a vegetable fueled armored truck will begin a journey from New Orleans to Washington, DC, collecting a cumulative total of 300,000,000 "fundred" dollars -- currency designed by students, teachers, artists, and activists across the country. The fundreds will be offered to Congress for an even exchange of $300,000,000 to clean up New Orleans. You can participate: http://www.fundred.org. And if you are in NOLA, don't miss the big sendoff party November 6th! Click through for details! Read More |
Oct 22, 2009
Ms. Foundation grantees Raising Women's Voices and the Women of Color United for Health Reform continue to work collectively to mobilize women nationwide on behalf of health care reform and lift up women's support and solutions for change in Washington, D.C. and at rallies, town halls and on airwaves across the U.S. These two groups received support from the Ms. Foundation in August for a last-minute push to ensure the voices of women--especially low-income women and women of color--are amplified in the health care debate. Read More |
Oct 18, 2009
Show your support for the hundreds of thousands of Gulf Region residents who remain physically displaced from their communities more than 4 years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Oct 16, 2009
As President Barack Obama made his first visit to New Orleans as President, over 50 Christian, Jewish, Muslim leaders urged him to make poverty and the environment priorities in his Administration.
In an open letter, they wrote: “Four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck and the levees were breached, the slow pace of recovery, persistent poverty, climate change and coastal land loss have created a moral crisis across the region that demands a powerful response from people of faith and our elected officials.”
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Oct 05, 2009
August 29 marked the fourth anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
Media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) has released a report on the first four years of the mainstream media's reporting post-Katrina about class, race, the environment, and the rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast -- and the report card doesn't look good.
Erasing Katrina: Four years on, media mostly neglect an ongoing disaster, Read on... Read More |
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