Sign a Petition to Assist the Gulf Coast Region Rebuilding Efforts
We,
the undersigned, urge the United States Senate to pass the Gulf Coast
Recovery Bill of 2007 (S1668) to assist the Gulf Coast region in
rebuilding the infrastructure lost after the Katrina and Rita disasters.
AVODAH is collecting signatures for a petition urging members of the US
Senate to pass the Gulf Coast Recovery Bill of 2007 (S1668). Among
other issues, this bill would help address the need for low-income
housing in the region by requiring that all demolished public housing
units be rebuilt. It also grants displaced public housing tenants an
absolute right of return. The bill was passed by the House in March and
is currently in the Senate Finance Committee.
Passage of this bill is an important step towards returning the Gulf Coast residents to their homes. Read a summary of the bill's provisions.
When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck New Orleans, the American
Jewish community responded, like other Americans, with volunteers,
charitable contributions, and widespread concern.
Help AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps
bring young people to New Orleans for a year of full-time work at local
organizations working to find solutions to the city's needs for
housing, education, job training, and other poverty-related issues.
AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps
AVODAH's
mission is to mobilize and strengthen a new generation of young Jews
seeking to change the world and themselves through direct work on
poverty issues. While working locally, Corps
members live communally and study both how to make change in the world
and the Jewish connections to social justice. AVODAH currently runs the
year-long program in Chicago, New York City and Washington, DC.
Starting next fall AVODAH will be placing Corps members in New Orleans