Atlantic City has become the second city to pass a selective contract resolution to block contracts with companies who have been cited for Katrina- and Rita-related waste.

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No one should be treated like our brothers and sisters have been treated in the aftermath of Katrina. Families are asked to pack up from FEMA trailers with 48 hours notice. Survivors are treated like criminals and denied basic rights. The horror stories go on but little is being done by policymakers to make things right. KIN is about action for just recovery. Actions range from as little as five minutes to organizing your congregation or campus to do much more. more

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More than four years after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of Gulf Region residents remain physically displaced from their communities and struggle to overcome a multitude of governmental barriers that block their recovery. Yet there are contradictory standards that our government implements for internally displaced people in foreign countries and internally displaced Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. These conflicting standards are the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Robert Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act...
 

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Please click send a letter or fax to your Member of Congress urging passage of the Gulf Coast Civic Work Act.This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress, but was never called for a vote.