[altroots] NewOrleansNetwork.org

Shana Sassoon from New Orleans here.  In exile in Houston writing to you
with a broken heart.  Like many others, I have wept for my city, cursed the
television, and spent sleepless nights worrying for our future and what it
will bring for the people of New Orleans.
And like many others, I have been looking for effective ways to address this
disaster, organizing within my networks and reaching beyond them. There is
so much work to be done, and so much good work that is already being
organized. 
 
To this end, we have created THE NEW ORLEANS FUND. So far, we have collected
over $8000 for grass roots work that is being done to aid the people of New
Orleans. There are many New Orleans-based organizations and efforts that are
making a direct impact on the lives of evacuees and their communities.  We
need to raise more - we want to make sure that their work is properly
funded.
 
And with the help of a lot of folks across the country, we have created an
online tool we hope will help us talk to each other and organize:
 
NewOrleansNetwork.org
This site will be a crucial part of keeping our New Orleans evacuee
communities connected, informed, resourced, and involved in re-building our
great city even better, FOR EVERYONE.
 
But, for this to happen we need everyone to do a couple things:
 
FIRST, take 5 minutes, RIGHT NOW, to go to
http://www.NewOrleansNetwork.org and
 
1. Log In ­ create a user name and password for yourself
 
2. Go to the Evacuee Communities forum for the city or state where you are,
and post your name and info
 
3. Go to the NOLA neighborhoods forum for your neighborhood and post any
information, questions, or stories you have about your neighborhood
 
4. Give us feedback send an email to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and tell us
what you need from this site, what works or doesn¹t work, and what you like
and don¹t like.
 
SECOND, as soon as you possibly can:
 
* Forward this emails to everyone you know and get them to log in, enter
their info in their evacuee community forum and neighborhood forum, and give
us feedback.  If they are not from the area and want to help, please ask
them to donate to the New Orleans Fund.  AND
 
*  Help any New Orleans folks near you who don¹t have access to a computer
or don¹t know how to use one to get logged into this site and to other
online resources.
 
This website is very much a work in progress.  In the coming days and weeks,
we¹ll be adding new features to this site, and working to make it more user
friendly.  So keep checking back and letting us know what you want to see
and what will help you stay connected, informed and involved.
 
Contact: 
Shana Sassoon
shana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
713-857-4694

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