[News] "Resurrection City": the next offensive in the struggle for public housing in New Orleans

[Anti-Imperialist News]

"Resurrection City": the next offensive in the struggle to open 
public housing in New Orleans.

Survivors Village and the people of New Orleans are moving forward to 
reclaim public housing in New Orleans. On Saturday, March 17th 
Survivors Village is holding a commencement rally and planning 
session for "Resurrection City". This strategic offensive is drawn 
from the concept of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Poor People's 
Campaign of 1968. Like the 1968 City, Survivors Village is going to 
build a "city" or living encampment along the fence line of the St. 
Bernard projects to draw attention to the human rights violations and 
blatant hypocrisy of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO), the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the US 
Government in denying Black and working class people affordable 
housing in a time of crisis. The construction of the "city" will 
begin on Saturday, March 24th.

In support of this strategic offensive, the People's Hurricane Relief 
Fund (PHRF) is calling on all justice seeking people everywhere 
interested in winning affordable housing in New Orleans and the Gulf 
Coast to join Survivors Village and the people of New Orleans in 
building, dwelling, and defending Resurrection City. Stand with us in 
demanding that Public Housing open immediately! We are seeking 
volunteers committed to non-violent direct action to start joining us 
for this protracted offensive on Saturday, March 24th. We are seeking 
dedicated volunteers and activists that can commit to periods of at 
least a month to see the initiative through the summer of 2007.

For more information on Resurrection City contact Endesha Juakali at 
504.239.2907 / <mailto:ejuakali at yahoo.com>ejuakali at yahoo.com or the 
People's Hurricane Relief Fund at 504.301.0215 / 
<mailto:phrfoc at gmail.com>phrfoc at gmail.com.

Also visit, PHRF at 
<http://www.peopleshurricane.org/>www.peopleshurricane.org or 
Survivors Village at 
<http://www.survivorsvillage.org/>www.survivorsvillage.org.

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