[FoCHAT] CHAT: Next mtg.; 8/29 2nd anniversary rally & natl. press conf. to advocate for covering the shortfall, improve RHP, & give thanks for the nation's help

[Melanie Ehrlich]

Dear Concerned Citizen,
   
  1. Next CHAT Meeting; you do not have to be a member to come and be part of the solution and tell us your RH story    
   This Wed., Aug. 22, as usual, in the Business Building at UNO at 6:30 PM in Room 212. Update on Road Home Program issues left unsettled by RH officials as discussed at the last meeting; important report on last Road Home Corp. meeting from Steve Donahoe; Christine Breault and Ray Broussard will discuss planning for the 8/29 commemoration; Road Home Program experiences from applicants-2 min each 
  Directions to the Business Bldg  are given on the Campus Map for UNO. The URL is http://www.uno.edu/university/maps/maincamp.cfm. The Business Bldg is #7 on the map.
   
   
  2. Please visit our website http://chat.thinknola.com for more frequent updates now about  our phone and writing campaign to help get the Road Home shortfall covered by Congress in Sept., our position statements about advocacy for improving the Road Home Program, and very useful information about building contracts.
   
  3. There will also be updates about the following Katrina anniversary press conference to the nation. It is important for as many of you to come as can get away from work or your home activities to show the nation our faces, our gratitude, and our remaining needs which simple justice demands. 
  Ce l e b r at ion o f Th a n k s
  Our press conference event will tell our nation and our international friends “thank you“,
  where we are in our recovery and where we still need to go
  What– A Citizens’ Katrina 2nd Anniversary Event
  Thanks for Helping Us Recover
  Where we are
  Where we still need to go
  When– Wednesday – August 29, 2007 – 10am to Noon
  Where– Washington Artillery Park
  River Side of Decatur at Jackson Square
  Program–
  Introduction: Jimmy Delery - New Orleans Recovery Activist
  National Anthem: Irma Thomas - Local Legend - with Comments
  History of New Orleans: John Magil – Historic New Orleans Collection
  New Orleanian WWII Vet: Bert Stoelier
  Beacons of Hope: Connie Uddo
  CHAT: Melanie Ehrlich
  – the Citizens’ Road Home Action Team
  Music: Don Marshall – Jazz & Heratige Festival
  Mardi Gras: Blaine Kern – Mr. Mardi Gras
  LPBF: Carlton Dufrechou
  – Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
  New Orleanians: Thanks in the many languages of New Orleans
  Washington D.C.: Senator TBA
  Music: TBA
  100,000 Homeowners are still waiting for help. Please Join CHAT in support of the US Congress to
  Stop the Shortfall in the Road Home Program. The Citizens’ Road Home Action Team fights for
  homeowner recovery: Check http://chat.thinknola.com/ for more information as event nears.
  Questions? Call Jimmy Delery at (504) 861-0333.
   
   
  Best wishes,
   
  Melanie Ehrlich
  Co-Chairman, CHAT
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