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Help ACORN Rebuild in New Orleans
Dear friends,
As President of ACORN, I want to extend our sympathies to everyone impacted by the Hurricane Katrina, and ask that all our members and friends keep them in their thoughts and prayers.
ACORN's national headquarters are in New Orleans, and the dedicated community leaders of Louisiana ACORN have long been at the forefront of efforts to win stronger neighborhoods and economic justice.
To our friends and supporters around the country, I ask your help: we need your support to open a temporary national headquarters in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, and, as soon as possible, reopen our offices in New Orleans. As we get up and running, we will work to help secure the housing, community services, and other relief our communities will badly need. All of this will be expensive, so please consider a contribution to the ACORN Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding Fund. (Read more about how these contributions will be used.)
I am proud to report that members of the ACORN family are already pulling together to help. Houston ACORN members are preparing to host fleeing ACORN members in their homes, and volunteering to help other evacuees. ACORN Housing will help fleeing homeowners contact their mortgage lenders and arrange temporary forebearnce on mortgage payments until insurance claims are sorted out. A message board on our website will help members and staff reconnect.
Finally, let me say, very personally, to our ACORN members, staff and other residents of New Orleans: I cannot find the words to express the level of grief and concern that we feel for you and the loss you are undergoing. We pray for your safety, and hope for the best possible recovery.
Sincerely,
ACORN President Maude Hurd
Boston, MA
Terrible, terrible...true to its mission, ACORN generally situates offices in the heart of a community's poorest neighborhoods. It's awful to consider, but it may be that many of this office's members - working janes and joes, representing their communities - and organizers - young and dedicated activists, nearly all college-aged or fresh out - may have lost their lives this week.
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