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STAND WITH HAITI

Stand With Haiti

PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years and urgently needs your support to help those affected by the recent earthquake.

They are deploying volunteers and collecting donations of badly needed material goods. Current needs and information at: http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti

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Help provide humanitarian relief to earthquake survivors in Haiti.

The worst earthquake in 200 years struck Haiti this week, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere's poorest country. MADRE has activated an emergency response through their partner organization Zamni Lasante Clinic. To donate: https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5095/t/3527/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=396

More relief information can be found here: http://www.louverturefilms.com/ss/links

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Fit For a King ‘10:  New Orleans Fair Housing Conference!

The Fit for a King Celebration is the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Coalition's (GNOFHAC) annual tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning Friday January 15th, you can participate in trainings, seminars, film screenings and concerts to learn about fair housing, celebrate the Movement, and be inspired to create change.

Learn more at: http://www.fitforaking.org/

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GREEN JOBS FOR BLACK AMERICA

By Marc H. Morial, President/CEO, National Urban League, originally published December 22, 2009 in the Louisiana Weekly (http://www.louisianaweekly.com/news.php?viewStory=2173)

Last week, representatives from some 192 countries convened in Copenhagen to try to reach an agreement on worldwide reductions in greenhouse gases to mitigate the devastating effects of global climate change.

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Count on Change 2010

The 2000 Census overlooked 1 million people of color, impacting the distribution of federal funds and the distribution of political power at every level of government. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has launched a campaign to make sure that everyone is counted in the 2010 Census, including new groups at risk of exclusion: African Americans disproportionately impacted by the foreclosure crisis and the hundreds of thousands displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

http://www.countonchange2010.org/

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Take Action for Human Rights on the Gulf Coast

Thursday December 10th marks the fourth International Human Rights Day since Hurricanes Katrina, and we want you to take action and tell the Obama Adminstration to demand human rights for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Even under a new President, the US government continues to refuse to take necessary steps to ensure the rights of the survivors along the Gulf Coast. Please take a minute now and write to the President's working group on recovery to demand human rights for Katrina survivors today: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5107/t/5836/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2321.  Read More |

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Statement from NLIHC President Sheila Crowley on HUD’S Rejection of Texas’s Disaster Plan

The National Low Income Housing Coalition joins housing advocates from Texas in applauding the decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to reject the plan submitted by the state of Texas on how the state would use Hurricane Ike disaster recovery funds. Read More |

HELP ColorOfChange.org EXPOSE FOX NEWS RACE-BAITING

Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama "racist," Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company (News Corp) said "if you actually assess what he was talking about, [Beck] was right." Plelase sign the ColorOfChange.org petition to help create a powerful conversation about Fox's race-baiting that will help hold the network, and its owner Murdoch, accountable. http://www.colorofchange.org/murdoch/?id=2042-693017  Read More |

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