I received the following in my email from Quintus Jett of African Americans for Democracy, and wanted to share it here, in the hopes that you will pass it along to anyone who might be interested, and post it at other blogs, Yahoo groups, etc:
On Monday September 12 (8-9pm EST), I’m scheduled to blog again at My Vote Is My Voice.
Weeks ago, the plan was to report on the progress of AAFD’s Contract with Black America.
Instead, the focus will be on African American reactions to government failures in response to Hurrican Katrina, and AAFD’s proposal to help establish New Orleans evacuuees (who are mostly black) establish themselves as a constituency that will be heard in further government response efforts. A proposal of tangible actions will be submitted for discussion.
Quinuts Jett
executive director, AAFD
Here’s the link to the Underground Railroad, the blog of African Americans for Democracy:
http://africanamericansfordemocracy.blogspot.com/
For the heads up. I’ll be at work til 8:30 Central but I’ll check in when I get home to see how it went. Thanks for the link to Underground Railroad, too. Will bookmark.
I noticed one of UR’s goals re Katrina survivors was “put a human face on the survivors.” Did you catch Othniel’s diary “Gumbo and Jambalaya” about the party with some survivors and some Austin folks? With pictures!
I’m afraid my contribution tonight was doomed to be at the intellectual level of “I like pie”, but I wanted to let people with fully functional brains know that the conversation was going on.
The discussion has ended for now, but in the comments Quintus added “if you have any comments or suggestions later, please post them here – or email me.” He posted his email address in the comments.