Please spread far and wide! Get this to alternative, local or mainstream news outlets if you can...the Lower Ninth Ward of NOLA is under a dusk 'til dawn curfew and media attention for this action may mean the difference between arrest or being shot for resisters in New Orleans. Thanks!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 1, 2006 The Common Ground Collective (CGC) announces that it will lease and occupy a building in New Orleans' lower Ninth Ward. This is being done in defiance of the city's attempt to bulldoze that area in response to Hurricane Katrina's damage. In spite of a moratorium on bulldozing structures until January 6th, the City is in violation of its own stipulation, according to Brandon Darby, CGC's Ninth Ward Organizer and Coordinator. CGC believes that if the residents' properties are confiscated through eminent domain laws, without due process allowed to its owners, it will render private property rights null and void in America. Instead, CGC demands that the city, state, and federal government extend the same courtesy to Ninth Ward residents, as was allowed St. Bernard Parish's property owners; that is FEMA trailers to home owners, while their houses are restored and property cleaned up. CGC's goals are to: -Gut, remove mold and debris from the structure it occupies, as well as from surrounding area buildings -Document on a daily basis what is occurring in the Ninth Ward -Stand its ground and not leave, despite developers' attempts to confiscate land and destroy a black community which has lived in the Ninth Ward for generations CGC has encouraged all good willed citizens to lobby the local, state and federal government to cease and desist the forceful taking of peoples' lands. The organization believes that if this is allowed unchallenged, it will result in the erosion of social justice and private property rights. Once the cleaning and occupation is complete, CGC plans on calling a press conference. Contact: Common Ground Collective 504.717.5633 213.840.1972 917.440.9679 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Clean water saves lives. Help make water safe for our children. http://us.click.yahoo.com/CHhStB/VREMAA/E2hLAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
