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DESCRIPTION:CALL TO ACTION: Join Informational Picket Line to Defend the Right to 
 Housing!\n\nIn New Orleans, the U.S. government is escalating its attacks 
 on the human rights of New Orleans renters by deciding to BULLDOZE ALL 
 PUBLIC HOUSING, once home to 5000 working class African American families. 
 If families have no housing, their human right to return to their city is 
 effectively blocked.\n\nThe demolition of all four major public housing 
 developments has been set for mid-December. We are calling on our national 
 allies to join with the residents of New Orleans and all those who believe 
 in the HUMAN RIGHT TO HOUSING to resist demolition. \n\nAs we all know, the 
 housing crisis for low income families is not unique to New Orleans.  It is 
 a major cause of driving residents out of their homes in OAKLAND, SAN 
 FRANCISCO, the BAY AREA, and urban communities of color throughout the U.S. 
 \n\nThe Stop the Demolition Coalition of New Orleans has put out a national 
 call to join the movement to preserve affordable housing in New Orleans .  
 They suggest three ways we can do this:\n\n*** Organizing in our home 
 communities to voice our belief that 'Housing is a Human Right!'\nIn the 
 Bay Area, the Katrina Solidarity Network invites you to join our 
 informational picket line on FRIDAY, DEC. 14, NOON, IN OAKLAND\n\n*** In 
 celebration of International Human Rights Day, (Monday, Dec. 10) we can 
 call these housing power brokers in New Orleans to demand they stop the 
 bulldozing and reopen public housing:\n++ New Orleans City Council Member 
 Stacey Head (504-658-1020);\n++ New Orleans City Council Member Shelley 
 Midura (504-658-1010);\n++ D.H. Griffin, a contractor hired to bulldoze New 
 Orleans Lafitte public housing   (888-336-3366)\n++ Senator David Vitter, 
 the Louisiana senator supporting demolition by blocking the passage of 
 Senate Bill 1668: the Gulf Coast Recovery Act. (504-589-2753).\n\n*** 
 Participate in organized resistance to bulldozers in New Orleans from Dec. 
 10 through Dec. 16.  If you can travel to New Orleans and participate, 
 please email a Pledge of Resistance to ' action@peopleshurricane.org' with 
 'registration' in the subject line.  (For more info, see 
 www.peopleshurricane.org)\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/10/18466202.php
SUMMARY:DEFEND PUBLIC HOUSING in New Orleans & Bay Area
LOCATION:Entrance to CIVIC CENTER PLAZA\nOn BROADWAY, between 12TH & 14TH 
 streets\nOakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/10/18466202.php
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