Money for Meals for Public Housing Residents Going to DC!

I received this email from Bill Quigley today. Bill Quigley is one of the lawyers for the public housing residents in New Orleans who have brought a class action suit against HANO and HUD to stop the planned demolitions of their homes. Please consider helping out.

From: bill quigley <duprestars at yahoo dot com>
Date: Jan 31, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: Raising $ for Meals for Public Housing Residents Going to DC!

Friends:

On Sunday morning, about 50 public housing residents will be boarding a bus to go to DC where they will tell their stories, meet with legislators and publicly advocate for the right of public housing residents to return to NOLA. They will return Wednesday.

The residents have taken time off of work, had to make their own arrangements for child care, and the like. The bus trip and a place to stay will be donated.

But people still need to eat. This is a very long bus ride.

I estimate that people will need at least $50 per person to eat during the trip up and back.

This is a chance for the rest of us who are not going with our sisters and brothers to show our solidarity with them.

Please donate as much as you can to help pay for meals.

I will collect the money and distribute it directly to the residents as they board the bus. Please send or deliver donations (preferably cash or check made out to me) to me at:

Loyola Law Clinic
Room 120 (Law School)
526 Pine St
New Orleans, LA 70118

I will send out an email listing everyone who donated.

Show your support - and pitch in please.

Peace,

Bill Quigley

For more information on the class action suit and the public housing residents' fight for justice, see the justiceforneworleans.org, a website of the Loyola Law Clinic.

(Cross-posted on Gulf Coast Fair Housing Network)