Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Jan 26th: Prayer Vigil and Rally to Save Homes in Mississippi
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Dear Friends,
We need your help. On a trip to the gulf of Mississippi,
we listened to story after story of a preventable storm
about to come to Mississippi. People are going to return
to homelessness after experiencing the devastation
caused by Katrina. Some are hopefully, gonna be able to
hold on to their cottages now after the residents fought
to hold on to them. But they are not completely safe yet.
Only time will tell what other stipulations they will put on these families.
Not to mention what will happen when the FEMA/MEMA
and section 8 money is gone. Many of these families have
a timeline as early as Jan. 31st others until March.
But the time to rally around these families is now!!!
Please join us in a prayer vigil and rally to save
the homes of the families in Mississippi January 26th at
11 am on the corner of the park at Waveland Ave. and
Central Ave.
These photographs are the faces of amazing men, women
and children who are in the fight to hold on to their homes and
the homes of others. The Sargent in the photo is Sargent Kring
and his wife Cheryl and son Andrew. Sargent Kring is the man
responsible along with his family for setting up camp Katrina
in the Kmart parking lot that provided shelter for over 100
residents. He is an Iraq veteran as well. He and his family now have
to deal with the stress of not knowing if they'll have a home or not.
Mary Thorton is another leader in this process helping to
organize the rally. She is a single mother and a real fighter
as well.
Another photograph is of D. McFarland who is a retired Doctor who is
86 years old, says he delivered most of the babies in the county
than lost his wife shortly after Katrina and now may lose his
cottage. When talking to him he was more worried about the
90 year old couple down the road.
Waveland, Bayside, Pass Christian Katrina hit hard. 100 percent
was lost. These families ALL lost their homes. Many of them have
lved on their land all of their lives. 3 and a half years ago they lost
everything. Lets make sure this doesn't happen again.
Thanks for your help.
National Organizer
Cheri Honkala
Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign
We need your help. On a trip to the gulf of Mississippi,
we listened to story after story of a preventable storm
about to come to Mississippi. People are going to return
to homelessness after experiencing the devastation
caused by Katrina. Some are hopefully, gonna be able to
hold on to their cottages now after the residents fought
to hold on to them. But they are not completely safe yet.
Only time will tell what other stipulations they will put on these families.
Not to mention what will happen when the FEMA/MEMA
and section 8 money is gone. Many of these families have
a timeline as early as Jan. 31st others until March.
But the time to rally around these families is now!!!
Please join us in a prayer vigil and rally to save
the homes of the families in Mississippi January 26th at
11 am on the corner of the park at Waveland Ave. and
Central Ave.
These photographs are the faces of amazing men, women
and children who are in the fight to hold on to their homes and
the homes of others. The Sargent in the photo is Sargent Kring
and his wife Cheryl and son Andrew. Sargent Kring is the man
responsible along with his family for setting up camp Katrina
in the Kmart parking lot that provided shelter for over 100
residents. He is an Iraq veteran as well. He and his family now have
to deal with the stress of not knowing if they'll have a home or not.
Mary Thorton is another leader in this process helping to
organize the rally. She is a single mother and a real fighter
as well.
Another photograph is of D. McFarland who is a retired Doctor who is
86 years old, says he delivered most of the babies in the county
than lost his wife shortly after Katrina and now may lose his
cottage. When talking to him he was more worried about the
90 year old couple down the road.
Waveland, Bayside, Pass Christian Katrina hit hard. 100 percent
was lost. These families ALL lost their homes. Many of them have
lved on their land all of their lives. 3 and a half years ago they lost
everything. Lets make sure this doesn't happen again.
Thanks for your help.
National Organizer
Cheri Honkala
Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign
Labels: FEMA, Katrina, MEMA, Mississippi
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