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Help Elect Malik Rahim to COngress
Submitted by twillard on November 25, 2008 - 10:56am.
We have an incredible opportunity.
Congressional elections for the 2nd District in New Orleans , LA will take place Dec 6th and Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Relief, is running in for Congress. Malik's Democratic opponent, incumbent William Jefferson was indicted earlier this year for corruption. We have the chance to put a Green in Congress who will stand up for people over profits.
Malik Rahim has a lifelong commitment to justice and an extensive track record of transformative community building. Under Malik's leadership, the Common Ground Collective opened the first free health clinic in the city of New Orleans, helped reopen schools, gutted over 3,000 homes that needed repair in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, and provided direct services to nearly 200,000 returning residents. He is former Black Panther, co-founder of the anti-death penalty group "Pilgrimage for Life," with Sister Helen Prejean. On November 12, Malik Rahim received the Thomas Merton Award for his work in community organizing and providing relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Giving now, and getting others to do the same will ensure Malik has the resources to purchase airtime for more radio ads -the first ads start today at $26 each. Your donation will help buy more yard signs, lapel signs and leaflets and ensure the campaign has the resources to reach every voter!
Help make calls from your home to voters in Malik's district. Help build our virtual phone bank at Green Change.The more people we talk to, the more VOTES we get!
Learn more about Malik at : www.votemalik.com.
New Orleans residents are tired of being ignored and abandoned by the federal government and betrayed by their elected officials. Electing Malik Rahim, a remarkable Green, to Congress will transform the political landscape. We CAN do this with your help! Please donate generously today. A gift of $300 will allow us to buy one day of radio ads, $150 will buy yard signs for 100 households. $75 will print 100 door hangers to get out the vote. A gift of $35 or $20 will make a difference, so please do what you can today.
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Welcome to New Orleans
“Welcome to New Orleans” is a 58 minute documentary about the city of New Orleans during the first year after Katrina. This film depicts the violence and racism in the impoverished American South. This is a story about the bottom-side of United States--a society that has been left to fend for itself. But more importantly, this film is about hope, in the face of overwhelming adversity. “Welcome to New Orleans” depicts the ravaged city through the eyes of Malik Rahim, a 58-year-old former member of the Black Panthers, who stayed during and after Hurricane Katrina, in order to help residents. He has become a local hero, as he has built up his grassroots organization, Common Ground Collective, over the past two years. Common Ground has served over 170,000 residents with the help of over 12,000 volunteers, who have traveled from all 50 states and 40 different countries. But there is still plenty of work to be done. To find out more information, or to make a donation, please visit our site, www.commongroundrelief.org. Thank you.