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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Rally for NOLa:

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
Begins at 12 noon
Lafayette Park, Washington, DC
NOTE: THE EVENT HAS BEEN RESCEDULED FROM THE ORIGINAL 11 AM TIME SLOT TO TO 12 NOON. Senator Mary Landrieu to speak at 1 pm
CLICK HERE for the map.
OUR GOAL is to remind our government to continue in its care of its own citizens.We want to increase the awareness of the Ethical, Historical and Economic reasons to restore the greater area of the City of New Orleans and to fund the reconstruction of the levees.
During this critical point in time when key legislation is currently before Congress, please join us and / or urge your friends to attend the rally or contact your representive of congress now.
If you are unable to attend the Rally for New Orleans, but would like to help, CLICK HERE for a list of important contacts in the United States Senate and/or call your state's representive.
Supported by the office of Senator Mary LandrieuA Blue Print to Rebuilding
Supported by Congressman Charlie Melancon
Supported by Congressman William Jefferson
Louisiana's Congressional Delegation
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACTShawna Doremus and Judy Kaufman at:
rally4nola@aol.com

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Times-Picayune :

"IF WE BUILD THEM . . . : Increasingly frustrated by a lack of solid federal commitment to a world-class levee system, two New Orleanians displaced to Pittsburgh have organized a protest rally next week in Washington, D.C.

Judith Kaufman and Shawna Doremus said they are planning the rally to keep the city's plight and its need for better levees prominent on the national stage.

"When you're outside of New Orleans, you see how easily people forget," Kaufman said. "When I first got here, everybody was talking about it. . . . Now, its just the perfunctory, 'How's your house?' But it's not about my house. It's about my ability to live there, make an income and send my kids to college. It's so much larger than that."

Without strong levees, no rebuilding will begin, she said.

"I have people telling me, 'I'll give it a year, but if they don't build levees . . .' " Kaufman said. "What prompted me to do this is talking to my friends in New Orleans. Everybody's depressed down there; you can hear the despair in their voice."

The rally will start Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Lafayette Park in front of the White House. To sign up to participate, call Kaufman at (504) 616-4617 or Doremus at (504) 430-7709 or visit the group's Web site, www. hometown.aol.com/rally4nola.
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