Concrete ways that you can support actions in demands are as follows:

1. Come down and help! We need for as many people who are able, particularly Black and other oppressed people, to come to New Orleans to with outreach, coalition-building, and base-building, and engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience in line with the resident council's principles (see below) and the Coalition's pledge of resistance statement (see www.peopleshurricane.org). To engage in this initiative, we ask that you contact the Coalition at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
2. Pressure, Pressure, Pressure! We need to continue bombarding all of the aforementioned targets with calls, faxes, and emails demanding that they comply with our demands.
3. Take action in your State! We need our supporters throughout the county to take action on Friday, January 25th or Saturday, January 26th targeting your Senate representatives and demand that they let SB 1668 out of committee if they reside on it or to take a position in favor of its passage if they are not. See a contact list of the Senate Committee members below.
4. Help Re-register Internally Displaced Persons! Outreach to IDP's in your area and encourage them to re-register to vote in New Orleans and support the recall initiative. For more information on the recall visit www.peopleshurricane.org .
5. Boycott, Boycott, Boycott! Spread the word to everyone in your area and various networks to boycott Mardi Gras and the NBA All Star Game. Let them know that the City of New Orleans should not be supported until the Mayor and City Council make a firm commitment to stop the demolitions, address the housing crisis, and ensure the right of return for all. Contact should be made with all of the Professional Basketball players we have contact with and encourage them to support the boycott reprisals and to make a statement against the demolitions.
6. Make media and get the word out! We need to reframe the struggle to stop the demolition based on the demands of the Coalition. To this end we need everyone to

The Coalition to Stop the Demolition calls on our national and international allies to support our demands, which are as follows:

1. No Demolitions – reopen the existing units and rebuild dignified housing at former public housing sites.
2. Guaranteed one-to-one replacement for all public housing residents.
3. All available public housing units should be made available for the homeless and those likely to face homelessness from the pending loss of rent vouchers and trailer recalls.
4. The Federal government needs to suspend demolition until they complete their own investigation of Housing and Urban Development head Alphonso Jackson regarding the illegal no-bid contracts he awarded to his cronies.
5. Rent control (at pre-Katrina rates) to provide deeply affordable housing so that all will be able to return to the city.
6. Stop the privatization and gentrification of the city.

• George W. Bush - 202-456-1111
• Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of HUD - (202) 708-1112
• Mary Landrieu, US Senator, (D-LA) 202-224-5824; Fax: 202-224-9735
• David Vitter, US Senator, (R-LA) - (504) 589-2753, DC Office (202) 224-4623

Resources

• Info Packet compiled by the Advancement Project: at advancementproject.org website
• Public housing: Rooting the struggle in past reconstructions – an article linking past and present struggles: at sfbayview.com website

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