{"article":{"id":134877,"heading":"Please help Food Not Bombs provide help for the victims of Katrina.","author":"Keith McHenry","created":"2005-09-04 06:01:50","modified":"2005-09-06 19:31:13","last_modified":"Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:31:13","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Please help Food Not Bombs provide help for the victims of Katrina.  We plan to send another busload of food to the effected area.  We URGENTLY need your support!  If you can help cook and serve food, have money you can donate or have the time to call groceries and warehouses for food please contact us at www.foodnotbombs.net.  You can make a financial donation on line or mail checks to Food Not Bombs, P.O. Box 744, Tucson, AZ 85702.  Please call (1-800-884-1136 ) or email (<a href=\"mailto:katrina@foodnotbombs.net\">katrina@foodnotbombs.net<\/a> ) us if you can join us on the bus or help with gas money.  We intend to leave in the next few days. Our Food Not Bombs chapters in New Orleans and Biloxi, Mississippi have been wiped out.  Our groups in Houston, Austin, San Antonio Jackson, Pensacola, Memphis and other southern cities are feeding people fleeing the disaster. Food Not Bombs is ready to help the tens of thousands of people that have been made homeless by the storm.  <br><br> Thanks, Keith McHenry - cofounder of Food Not Bombs. <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnotbombs.net\/\">http:\/\/www.foodnotbombs.net\/<\/a> <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"keith@foodnotbombs.net","link":"http:\/\/www.foodnotbombs.net\/","address":"P.O. Box 744, Tucson az 85702","phone":"1-800-884-1136","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":".  We plan to send another busload of food to the effected area.  We URGENTLY need your support!  ","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/09\/134877.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":134904,"heading":"Organize while you feed","article":" Those who have lost everything have nothing to lose.\r\nYour're going to have to leave anyway...\r\n\r\nWHY NOT MARCH ON WASHINGTON \r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/neworleans.indymedia.org\/news\/2005\/09\/4299_comment.php\r\n\r\nWaht's it going to take?","author":"FluxRostrum","parent_id":134877,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2005-09-05 11:11:09","modified":"2005-09-05 11:11:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/09\/notank.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/09\/notank.jpg"}},{"id":134949,"heading":"LGBT &quot;KATRINA&quot; RELIEF FUND","article":"PRESS RELEASE\r\n\r\n\r\nCONTACT:      \r\nCraig A. Bowman      Executive Director\r\n1638 R St., NW, Suite 300                \r\nWashington, DC 20009                                                \r\n202.319.7596 x20              \r\n202.744.2567 \/ cell           \r\n\r\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\r\n01 September 2005\r\n\r\n\r\nNational LGBT Youth and Family Groups Establish &quot;Hurricane Katrina\r\nLGBT Relief Fund&quot;\r\n\r\nHumanitarian Effort to Provide Money to LGBT Youth and Family Refugees\r\n\r\nWashington, DC \u2013 Working in partnership, the National Youth Advocacy\r\nCoalition (NYAC) today announced the formation of the &quot;Hurricane\r\nKatrina LGBT Relief Fund&quot; to ensure that LGBT youth and families,\r\namong the most vulnerable members of our community, receive the\r\ncritical support they need to regain stability in their lives.\r\n\r\n&quot;In America, there are dramatic moments that forever shape our\r\nnational identity. History remembers those times when we come\r\ntogether in the face of adversity, putting aside our differences to\r\novercome tragedy,&quot; said Craig Bowman, Executive Director of the\r\nNational Youth Advocacy Coalition.\r\n\r\n&quot;Thousands of families have absolutely nothing to go home to and\r\nhundreds more people are still looking for their families,&quot; Bowman\r\nadded. In Louisiana, in Mississippi and in Alabama the devastation is\r\nso unimaginable, so complete, that solutions seem impossible.\r\n\r\n&quot;Like so many of our fellow citizens, however, we believe in the\r\nindomitable spirit of Americans,&quot; Bowman said. &quot;We are awed and\r\nhumbled by the spirit of community that has emerged in our country in\r\ncountless ways over the past few days; and with this Fund, we honor\r\nthe courage and hope shown by so many who are still suffering,&quot; he\r\nadded.\r\n\r\nThe coalition consists of national organizations working at the\r\ngrassroots level to affect positive social change for LGBT citizens.\r\nContributions to this fund are tax-deductible to the fullest extent\r\nallowed under law and will support humanitarian relief for LGBT youth\r\nand families from the devastated areas. These funds will be\r\ndistributed directly to local organizations in the best position to\r\nensure strategic and high-impact disbursement of the emergency funds.\r\n\r\nIndividuals can contribute securely and with confidence now at\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nyacyouth.org\/. \r\n\r\nDonors will be able to find out more about the impact of their gifts\r\nin the coming weeks on a new blog being launched on the NYAC website.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPARTNER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE (as of 1 September 2005):\r\n\r\nChildren of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.colage.org\/\r\n\r\nEquality Federation\r\nhttp:\/\/www.federationlgbt.org\/\r\n\r\nFamily Pride Coalition\r\nhttp:\/\/www.familypride.org\r\n\r\nMautner Project: The National Lesbian Health Organization\r\nhttp:\/\/www.mautnerproject.org\/\r\n\r\nNational Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender\r\nCommunity Centers (NALGBTCC)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.lgbtcenters.org\/\r\n\r\nNational Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nbjcoalition.org\/\r\n\r\nNational Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nclrights.org\/\r\n\r\nNational Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nctequality.org\/\r\n\r\nNational Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.ncavp.org\/\r\n\r\n\r\nMore groups are welcome and are signing on all the time.\r\n\r\n\r\n###\r\n\r\nThe National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) (www.nyacyouth.org) is a\r\nsocial justice organization fighting injustice against LGBTQ youth\r\nand advocating to ensure their physical and emotional well-being.\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"Carolina","parent_id":134877,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-09-06 19:31:13","modified":"2013-11-11 00:35:20","fileurl":""}]}