Thanksgiving caravan headed to NOLA
Cross-posted from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
Hundreds of volunteers and activists are traveling to New Orleans this weekend as part of a National Caravan to deliver relief and aid to the region during the Thanksgiving holiday.
In a call initiated by the Common Ground Collective, located in Algiers, travelers are arriving by bus, plane, car, and train to engage in street level clean up efforts in the Ninth Ward and other areas destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina Rita. Common Ground is providing food and shelter for the volunteers.
Organizers say the area they are targeting for clean-up have received little to no official aid and so the remaining residents are taking it upon themselves to rebuild their own neighborhoods, one street at a time.
An estimated 300 volunteers will arrive in New Orleans on Sunday, November 20th and stay through to November 27th.
Hundreds of volunteers and activists are traveling to New Orleans this weekend as part of a National Caravan to deliver relief and aid to the region during the Thanksgiving holiday.
In a call initiated by the Common Ground Collective, located in Algiers, travelers are arriving by bus, plane, car, and train to engage in street level clean up efforts in the Ninth Ward and other areas destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina Rita. Common Ground is providing food and shelter for the volunteers.
Organizers say the area they are targeting for clean-up have received little to no official aid and so the remaining residents are taking it upon themselves to rebuild their own neighborhoods, one street at a time.
An estimated 300 volunteers will arrive in New Orleans on Sunday, November 20th and stay through to November 27th.
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