TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - 4:30 PM

On Final Day for Mardi Gras in New Orleans -
Car Caravan Demands No Katrina/Rita Evictions

Part of Nationwide Protests Tue., Feb. 28

Demand FEMA Meet its Responsibility to House Evacuees - No illegal land grab against Evacuees - Katrina Evacuees Have a Right to Return Home

Starting Point: Leimert Park – 43rd & Crenshaw, Los Angeles
Ending Point: Hollywood & Highland, Los Angeles
Route: Crenshaw Blvd to Rossmore (turns into Vine) to Hollywood Blvd

Sponsors: Katrina Solidarity Committee, International Action Center
Contact: John Parker, (323) 936-7266

As the March 1 deadline approaches for the eviction of thousands of Katrina evacuees from their temporary housing in different parts of the country, activists from Los Angeles to New Orleans to New York are organizing emergency protests against FEMA and other local governmental agencies on Feb. 28 – the last official day for Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Katrina Solidarity Committees nationwide will be pointing out that FEMA and the Bush administration are mandated by the Stafford Act to provide housing for disaster victims for 18 months - their attempt to cut off housing and rental assistance is illegal and criminal. Protests will demand Katrina/Rita evacuees be granted an indefinite extension in federal, state and local housing assistance until such time as they obtain affordable and adequate housing.

In early February, over 4,000 Katrina survivors, mainly in New Orleans, were evicted. Many were arrested for either trying to find shelter in abandoned buildings or for being outright homeless. As many as 20,000 more evacuees are facing eviction on