Folks: I'd like to share this note I got from Steve Rivelis. --Emil ----- Forwarded message from Steven Rivelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Delivered-To: unknown Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gulf States - Rebuilding Community Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:55:26 -0500 Thread-Topic: Gulf States - Rebuilding Community Thread-Index: AcYdY8CEtJiBje7mSpKTTyQQsADNuQ== From: "Steven Rivelis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Steven Rivelis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Campaign Consultation, Inc. has been invited to work with states and communities along the Gulf Coast to help them as they rebuild the fabric of their communities. Prior to beginning to do this work, Linda and I recently drove 10 hours along the Gulf Coast to witness the devastation firsthand. In our drive from the panhandle of Florida through Biloxi and on into New Orleans, the loss we witnessed is incomprehensible. I thought you might want to read Linda's observations: People living in trailers next to splinters of wood and rubble that used to be their homes, their neighborhoods, their communities. Poignant moments where despite the heartbreak, makeshift homes display wreaths, decorations of seasonal light and notes of hope to passers-by. Neighborhood Watch signs -- the only thing left standing in entire communities. Family names with street addresses spray-painted on buckled foundations, curbs, any found surface to indicate what once was. Trees sticking up from gulf water where they shouldn't be ... washed from land in the storm surge. An iHOP sign indicating open 24 hours a day, now featuring a debris strewn stretch of chopped- up asphalt. No business, no commerce, no jobs -- how are people surviving? We took pictures, but stopped after awhile because photographs will never tell the story as it is. Much work needs to be done! -- Steven Steven Rivelis, CEO Campaign Consultation, Inc. 2819 Saint Paul Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218 USA T.410.243.7979 x 11 F.410.243.1024 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.CampaignConsultation.com <http://www.campaignconsultation.com/> Entrepreneurs for Social Change * Community Development * Fund Raising * Corporate Citizenship * Diversity * Issue Advocacy * Media/Marketing * Public Policy * Organizational Development "One of the Top 100 Inner City Companies in the U.S." -- Inc. Magazine/ICIC ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Emil Volcheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://acm.org/~volcheck _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info