Support people of color/low income work in GULF

As a 'white allied' organizer working in NOLA it is important to support grassroots groups lead by people of color/low income communities working on the destruction in the Gulf Coast Region.Some of the groups are national, with local NOLA chapters.Many of these groups were doing work in the region before Katrina struck or the leveees broke.

As mostly 'white allied' groups we are asking that groups with access to networks of people/resources please use this to get information out about these groups who could use support in their continued critical work.

Common Ground Collective has benefited from our privilege of access to many resources and want to make sure other groups are not overlooked in this process. Our work in the region is linked to many of these groups; we need to mutually support each other for the rights of dignity and self determination for many historically marignalized communities.

Please forward to any appropriate lists of people that may be interested.

still dreaming from the gulf coast region
scott crow
common ground collective
http://www.commongroundrelief.org
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"dream the future...know your history...
organize your people...fight to win"

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GROUPS in the GULF COAST REGION:

Peoples Hurricane Relief & Oversight Committee
http://cluonline.live.radicaldesigns.org/?page_id=21
1418 N. Claiborne, New Orleans, LA 70116
504.301.0125
1.888.310.PHRF

(S.O.S.) Saving Our Selves
http://www.sosafterkatrina.org
LaTosha Brown, S.O.S. Lead Coordinator
404-664-7588, 404-879-9944
brown1133 (at) bellsouth.net

The Peoples' Institute
http://www.pisab.org/
P.O. Box 770175 New Orleans, LA 70177
(504) 527-5193

In This Together, Inc.(issues of HIV/AIDS)
1661 Canal St. Suite 3107 NO, LA 70112
All donations are tax-deductible.

Project HEAL(Helping Employ Artists Locally) http://www.acadianaartscouncil.org/site115.php
Acadiana Arts Council P.O. Box 53762
Lafayette, LA 70505
(337) 233-7060, (337) 233-7062 fax
info (at) acadianaartscouncil.org

Ashe' Cultural Arts Center
http://www.ashecac.org/
953 Choctaw Dr, Opelousas, LA. 70570
504-401-4969
Checks should be made to Efforts of Grace, Inc.
Efforts of Grace has 501(c)3 Designation

Louisiana Welfare Rights Organization
http:// http://www.geocities.com/itsdadawg
WRO Fund c/o DAWG
PO Box 20079 Charleston, WV 25362
(304) 347-922


21st Century Youth Leadership Movement (21C)
Malikaa Sanders (334)874-0065
malikaasanders (at) yahoo.com

Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights
Southern Relief Fund
c/o Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights
PO Box 1223 Greenville, MS 38702-1223
662-334-1122 or 888-949-9754

Malcolm X Grassroots Movt.
388 Atlantic Ave., 4th fl Btwn Hoyt & Bond St.
(718) 254-8800

Team Rescue One
http://www/teamrescueone.org

INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
http://www.incite-national.org/
(484) 932-3166
incite_national (at) yahoo.com

Acadiana Outreach Center
http://www.acadianaoutreach.org/site.php?pageID=1

Turkey Creek Community Initiatives (Mississippi)
http://www.turkey-creek.org/
Mr. Peter Keating at: Keating & Co. (earmark Katrina)
66 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02108

Center for Artistic Revolution (CAR) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Center_for_Artistic_Revolution/
P.O. Box 2300 North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114
501-603-2138
artchangesu (at) yahoo.com

Friends & Families of Louisiana Incarcerated Children
http://www.fflic.org/
1600 Oretha C. Haley Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 522-5437

Backbeat Fund
http://www.backbeatfund.org/

Critical Resistance http://www.criticalresistance.org/index.php?name=New-Orleans
Critical Resistance New Orleans
4041 Tulane Ave., Suite 103 New Orleans, LA 70119
504-488-2994
crno (at) criticalresistance.org

Federation of Southern Land Cooperatives
http://www.federationsoutherncoop.com

St. Mary Community Action Association
St. Mary CAA Disaster Relief Fund
Almetra Franklin
1407 Barrow Street Franklin, LA. 70538

Four Directions Solidarity Network
P.O. Box 1059
Bourg, LA 70343
(828) 230-1404
fourdirections (at) riseup.net

The Justice Center for Indigent Defenders
http://www.thejusticecenter.org/

Southern Mutual Help Association
http://www.southernmutualhelp.org
Lorna Bourg
(337) 367-3277
smha (at) southernmutualhelp.org

Louisiana Domestic Violence Victim's Hurricane Relief Fund
(225)752-1296

Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
http://www.jjpl.org/

Centers for Independent Living
Resources for Independent Living(designate for the New Orleans center)
11931 Industriplex Blvd. Suite 200 Baton Rouge, LA 70809

For more information on the groups please see: