Poetry After the Storm II

Poetry After the Storm II: An Event to Benefit the Schools and Libraries of
New Orleans

December 5th 7pm

Heller Lounge, UC Berkeley  

Featuring Berkeley Poetry Review, Cal Slam, Onyx Express, Poetry for the People,

and Vagabond. Special guest performances by: California Poet Laureate Al Young,

Michael Palmer, Waldo Martin, Claudia Rankine, John Shoptaw, Geoffery O Brian, 

Eleanor Johnson, Nijla Mumin, Valyntina Easterling Grenier, D.J. Matt Werner, 

and excerpts from the upcoming PBS documentary, Faubourg Tremé, a film by Dawn

Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie and more!

“Home for the Holidays” Info-session in Berkeley

Help Rebuild New Orleans Over Winter Break – Every Day the Crisis Deepens

New Orleans “Home for the Holidays” Campaign Information Session at UC Berkeley . . .

WHEN:  Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

WHERE:  MLK Student Union, East Madrone

Every house gutted by volunteers like you, in solidarity with home owners, is one more family that much closer to reclaiming its home. Free food and lodging in exchange for your labor and ability to travel to/from New Orleans!

Connect with local Bay Area groups working together with grassroots organizations in New Orleans to gut and de-mold homes in the Lower Ninth Ward. The HFH Campaign strongly encourages you to prepare for your NOLA trip by connecting with the Bay Area Katrina Solidarity Network. For more information, contact Mike at bayarea-katrinasolidarity@mindspring.com or leave a message at 415.820.1662. Visit the Home for the Holidays campaign website at http://www.nolahomefortheholidays.org/

Oakland Rising: fundraiser for Katrina survivors w/ hip hop artist Talib Kweli

Date: Saturday, November 25, 2006
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Place: Moses Music, 9106 International Avenue, Oakland, CA

Talib Kweli is set to participate in a community press event that groups hope will connect local groups’ campaigns around displacement to Gulf Coast Disaster; The groups will use this time to reflect and also demand the convening of an international tribunal.

Kweli and local groups and activists have organized the event to stand in solidarity with the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition (PHRF/OC), Survivors for Survivors Inc, and the International Tribunal on Katrina.

3:00 – 3:15: Opening
3:15 – 3:30: Open Mic/Cultural Performance
3:30 – 3:45: Press Conference featuring local evacuees, community activists and Talib Kweli
3:45 – 4:00: CC Campbell-Rock representing Survivors for Survivors Inc.
4:00 – 4:15: Just Cause Oakland
4:15 – 4:30: Closing

This event is endorsed and organized by: Bay Area Katrina Solidarity Committee People’s Hurricane Relief Fund, 1418 N. Claiborne Ave, Suite 2, New Orleans, LA 70116, (504) 301-0215 – www.peopleshurricane.org/ – Common Ground, 1415 Franklin Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, (504) 947-0270 –www.commongroundrelief.org/ – Just Cause Oakland, (510) 763-5877 – University of Berkeley Black Graduate Students Association, (510) 544-9045 Berkeley City College Black Student Union, (510) 338-8521- Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, (510) 222-1100 – The International Tribunal, www.peopleshurricane.org/international-tribunal/

Home for the Holidays

The “Home for the Holidays” coalition is asking you, your family, your friends to come volunteer to help bring the families of the 9th Ward back to New Orleans.

Our goal is to help every family signed up for assistance to have their home gutted by the New Year! Cleaning and gutting out flood-damaged homes is vital to the health and viability of a recovering New Orleans, and is the first step in rebuilding for the homeowners.

The “Home for the Holidays” Coalition is made up of: The Common Ground Relief, The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Committee, and All Congregations Together, New Orleans.

For more information: nolahomefortheholidays.org

Registration contact: (504) 218-6613 

NOLAhomefortheholidays@gmail.com

Symposium: Organizing for Social Equity and Community Rebuilding

Brought to you by the NeighborWorks Training Institute in New Orleans When: Wednesday, December 13 at the New Orleans Marriott

What the Gulf Region has faced under the magnifying glass of Katrina holds lessons for us all — including those of us who never had to face a natural disaster, but who have had or might have to face other difficult community transitions.  These valuable lessons equip us to create positive change by giving all citizens a voice in the rebuilding process. 

This one-day session promises:

A. compelling stories of major obstacles as well as affirmative human action within the community to overcome obstacles

B. thought-provoking, respected speakers and expert panelists

C. participatory workshops in a variety of topics focused on proactively rebuilding communities that have undergone major change of any kind 

D. significant time to share best practices with peers in community development from across the country and the Gulf Region, giving you strategies you can take back to your community

Along with the symposium, the NeighborWorks Training Institute offers an week-long learning experience with training courses and an opportunity to join in the New Orleans rebuilding process directly with hands-on volunteer activity.

Symposium fee: $145 (includes all materials, plenaries, workshops, light continental breakfast, luncheon with featured guest speaker, and NeighborWorks Training Institute networking reception that evening). Registration fee not included. Deadline to register: Nov. 20    

For more information:

Phone: 800-438-5547 e-mail:  nti@nw.org 

http://www.nw.org/Network/training/upcoming/CommunityOrganizingSymposiuminNewOrleans.asp  

view the symposium brochure here (includes agenda and speaker/panelist info): 

http://www.nw.org/Network/training/upcoming/documents/FinalBrochure.pdf 

download the registration form here (add training courses or volunteer opportunity): http://www.nw.org/Network/training/upcoming/documents/FinalBrochure5.pdf