The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 2006 Page: 5 of 12
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tribute to the men, women
and children who died and
suffered, perhaps those that,
threat to justice anywhere, is
threat to justice everywhere."
on important social issues,
even as the UCC remains
has only recently decided to
conduct tests.
"Thanks to the contribu-
tions of GE and YRC, the
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - On
August 23, in a
rights victory,
permanent housing solutions
more quickly while minimiz-
ing waste and inefficiency .
Oxfam America's report
in one form or another, failed
the residents of the Gulf
Coast, could publicly ac-
knowledge the collapse in
leadership and reveal a plan
on
track. That's a commemora-
tive effort that will mean more
than any poster or concert
ever will.
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"This is one of the largest Among the report's
reconstruction efforts in recent
ex-
as of early August, not one
The Court in Gooden v.
major voting Worley ordered the Alabama
an Alabama f
re-
gion, particularly for the most
vulnerable people and those
hit the hardest. Instead, poor
communities have
example of the gross in-
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ately "cease and desist in refus-
ing voter registration" to
individuals on the basis of a
felony conviction.
I fights
"This victory
strengthens the integrity of Al-
abama's democratic
tion, Inc. YRC Worldwide
will announce a traveling tion will
billboard launch to promote
the Memorial. The event will
take place at a 10:00 a.m. near
the future site of the Memor-
ial.
take place November 13.
"GE is committed to sup-
tional Memorial. Project
Foundation, Inc.
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knockout of a night, presented by Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino and
Holden Productions. Seats start at $40.
memo-
• rial to Dr. King's ideals of
versify officer of GE, will join peace, hope, and democracy.'
NBA star Chris Webber,
Days of Our Lives' actor
James Reynolds, James
Welch the president of Yel-
low Transportation, a YRC closer to the November 13
Worldwide subsidiary, Jack groundbreaking," said Harry
Kemp, and Harn’ E. Johnson, E. Johnson, Sr., president and
and president and CEO of CEO of the Washington, D.C. erdale, FL), Hayley Irachten-
the Washington, D.C. Martin Martin Luther King, Jr. Na- I „
Luther King, Jr National
Memorial Project Founda-
planned While important to
the local economy, it should
not be used to mark such a
solemn occasion. Katrina an-
niversary events should me-
morialize the loss of life and for getting this city back
mobilize support for those in
need.
Jazz funerals - a New Or-
leans tradition, with their
slow, somber start and their
LDF win strikes down Alabama's
felon disfranchisement statute
fi£ donates $1 million to Martin Luther
King, Jr., National Memorial in DC
Twelve youth
participants of 'Kids
for King' national
essay program to be
flown to Washington,
D.C. for November
13 groundbreaking
The NAACP Legal De-
fense and Educational Fund,
Inc. (LDF) and Alabama attor-
ney Edward Still filed Gooden
v. Worley to challenge the un-
lawful denial of the right to
vote to eligible voters with
felony convictions - Alabama
law only barred people whose
felony convictions involved
"moral turpitude," which the
statute did not define.
The Alabama Secretary of
State, however, had effectively
expanded the reach of the law
by instructing voter registrars
to refuse registration to all peo-
ple with felony convictions.
The court's ruling recog-
nizes that the right to vote for
which so many fought and
died' cannot turn upon the
subjective whim of state and
local officials," said LDF assis-
Secretary of State and Jefferson tant counsel Ryan Paul Hay-
judge ruled that state and local Count) Registrar to iminedi- good. "This v' ‘
election officials have improp-
erly disfranchised eligible vot-
ers in violation of the State
Constitution.
local officials, has yet to make
good on its pledge, according ~
to mtern.ition.il hum.inif.iri.in poor policv decisions that have
contributed to this housing cri-
sis and left the region's poor DESPITE ALMOST $17 BILLION that Congress has approved
further behind than ever. to rebuild homes and community infrastructure in Louisiana
The United Church of Christ
has more than 5,700
churches throughout the
~ , United States. UCC members
"What does this story have and churches are free to differ
do the honorable thing, to do with me?" Remember
our Con- the words of Rev. Dr. Martin
and asking Luther King, Jr.: "Of all principally committed to unity
?hem*to: 1) continue funding forms of injustice, inequality
els of formaldehyde fumes
• . of government Ls robbing hard- Management Agency (FEMA) dividuals struggling to make
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playing out in working people of the bnghter
future the administration
;plores the vowed it would provide.
and pushed out" said Minor fate of three diverse places
East Biloxi, Mississippi, and
rural communities in US history. All Americans
Louisiana's Plaquemines and pect the rebuilding to be fair
Vermilion parishes—and and to help those who need quirements of homeowner
shows how neglect at all levels help most" continued Sinclair, sistanoe inclusive by dropping
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aUhe level of need, 2) extend shocking and inhuman." "A
the Department of Energy
medical monitoring and
treatment for children and
grandchildren of survivors,
and 3) pass the Changed Cir-
cumstances Petition.
If you are wondering ,
"But so far, that's not happen- the penalties imposed on peo-
ple who did not have insur-
ance—often because they
could not afford it.
• To allot a proportional
share of federal funds for the
replacement of affordable
rental housing.
• To reform disaster hous-
BOSTON, Mass. - One
year ago, the US government house in those two Gulf Coast
promised survivors of Hurri- states had been rebuilt with
cane Katrina that it would take that money. In a new report re-
bold steps to address the deep leased today entitled "Forgot-
inequalities the storm revealed, ten Communities, Unmet
Twelve long months later, gov- Promises: An Unfolding
emment at all levels, from the Tragedy on the Gulf Coast,”
Bush Administration down to Oxfam America catalogues the
lack of political will, the bu-
reaucratic bungling, and the
to a standstill, in cities across
America, at exactly the same
time, people stopped their
lives and marked the precise
moment the first plane hit the
World Trade Center. The ---------o - .
names of the dead were called appropriate way to mark this vice president d
off, one by one, in tribute, anniversary. But, to truly pay
Casinos did not have their
grand reopening, yet that's ex-
actly what Biloxi, Mississippi
The Memorial Founda-
I also announce
twelve randomly selected
participants of the Kids for
King’ national youth essay
program as well as expan-
Groundbreaking will sion of the program to a total
of 50 youth who will be
flown to Washington, D.C.
porting the work of Martin for the Groundbreaking Cer-
Luther King, Jr.," said Elam.
GE will announce a $1 mil- "We are honoredto play a role
vived, been affected and im-
pacted by the United States'
nuclear weapons testing pro-
gram." It is important that
we <— ---------
by contacting
gresspersons
State and Nation
Oxfam America report probes gross inequalities in Gulf Coast recovery
ing, and for some of the re-
■ gion's poorest residents, things
I have only gotten worse during
I this recovery."
Hundreds of Mississippi
■ families in Gulfport and
j Pascagoula face the prospect of
■ losing their homes because the
regional housing authority ing assistance by passing the
plans to sell or transfer the Post-Katrina Emergency Man-
_ ‘2 " ” . agement Reform Act of 2006
Scores of other people, packed which would help people find
into government-issued trail-
ers, have had to live with what
they suspect are sickening lev-
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while the Federal Emergency also features six profiles of in-
order from the chaos—both
physical and psychological—
that hurricanes Katrina and
r__.j recom- Rita left. Portraits shot by
mendations for addressing Time magazine photographer
the recovery's inequities are:
• To make eligibility re-
as-
organization Oxfam America.
Nowhere is that abdica- w .
tion more evident than in the further behind than ever. to rebuild homes and community infrastructure in Louisiana
critical shortage of affordable "Our government talked and Mississippi, not one house in those two Gulf Coast states
rental housing—often the only of its duty to rebuild the
kind that poor people can af-
ford—now gripping the Gulf vulnerable people and those one
Coast. Despite almost $17 bil- hit the hardest, lastead, poor equities
lion that Congress has ap- communities have been this recovery.'
proved to rebuilt! homes and pushed aside, pushed down,
community infrastructure in <
Louisiana and Mississippi, nei- Sinclair, director of Oxfam
ther state has allocated nearly America's grant-making pro-
enough of those funds to re- gram in the US. " rhe rental cri-
place the affordable rental sis, for which there are a range
units lost in the storm. Further, of available solutions, is just
upbeat endings - are a nice. Judge Greg Mathis is national
of the dead were called appropriate
PUSH and a national board
member of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference.
emony. Over 3,000 youth
submitted a 75 word-or-less
lion contribution to help in this important initiative essay about what Dr. Kings
build a memorial to Martin and encourage other compa- Dream means to them. The
Luther King, Jr. on the Na- nies to become involved in following first twelve youth
tional Mall. Deborah Elam, building this lasting memo- will be announced:
vice president and chief di- rial to Dr. King's ideals of Lensi Parham (Vevay,
• • ■ --------" IN), Bryanna Shelton
(Knoxville, TN), Lucullus
Condor (Humble, TX), Do-
minic Joseph Nepa (Clinton
tional Memorial is'one step Township, Ml), Devin Butler
(Washington, D.C.), Darrien
Lee (San Bernardino, CA),
Natasha Lawson (Fort Laud-
WASH1NGTON, D.C. -
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