Help Keep Louisiana in the News
Letter from Rev. Jennifer Jones- Bridgett, Executive Director
Lousiana Interfaiths Together, PICO network
Dear Friends,
Last Sunday more than 700 people from across New Orleans met at St. Gabriel's Church
in one of the most devastated neighborhoods in the city to determine the future of their
city. They challenged two men who want to lead New Orleans for the next four years to
put residents at the center of the rebuilding of a great American city. Read more>>
Yet sadly, all the efforts of residents, volunteers and faith communities are not enough to
rebuild and transform New Orleans without federal aid that is still blocked in Washington.
Eight months after Katrina and weeks before the 2006 Hurricane season, families have
yet to receive a penny in federal aid to rebuild their homes. Amazing as it sounds,
Congress is still debating emergency assistance to the region.
Please add your voice to those calling for Congress to quickly pass an emergency
spending bill with full funding for levees and housing, including $202 million for rental
assistance, $5.2 billion for housing and community development and $1.2 billion for
Katrina Cottages and other alternatives to flimsy and expensive FEMA travel trailers.
Click here to send a personalized e-mail to your member of Congress.
Continuing a campaign begun in September, PICO's 52 federations, led by Louisiana
Interfaiths Together and All Congregations Together in New Orleans, are working to keep
Louisiana in the news. Today, with assistance from News Broadcast Network and
Sutherland Media Productions, PICO released a national Video News Release (VNR) on
conditions in New Orleans, available to every local TV station in the United States.
Click here to see this powerful 3 minute video. Call your local TV station and urge them to
run the VNR so that the plight of New Orleans and Gulf Coast families does not fall off the
radar screen.
On behalf of the clergy and leaders from the more than 100 religious congregations and
six faith-based federations that make up Louisiana Interfaiths Together (PICO LIFT) I
thank you for your support at this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Rev. Jennifer Jones-Bridgett, Executive Director
Louisiana Interfaiths Together
Letter from Rev. Jennifer Jones- Bridgett, Executive Director
Lousiana Interfaiths Together, PICO network
Dear Friends,
Last Sunday more than 700 people from across New Orleans met at St. Gabriel's Church
in one of the most devastated neighborhoods in the city to determine the future of their
city. They challenged two men who want to lead New Orleans for the next four years to
put residents at the center of the rebuilding of a great American city. Read more>>
Yet sadly, all the efforts of residents, volunteers and faith communities are not enough to
rebuild and transform New Orleans without federal aid that is still blocked in Washington.
Eight months after Katrina and weeks before the 2006 Hurricane season, families have
yet to receive a penny in federal aid to rebuild their homes. Amazing as it sounds,
Congress is still debating emergency assistance to the region.
Please add your voice to those calling for Congress to quickly pass an emergency
spending bill with full funding for levees and housing, including $202 million for rental
assistance, $5.2 billion for housing and community development and $1.2 billion for
Katrina Cottages and other alternatives to flimsy and expensive FEMA travel trailers.
Click here to send a personalized e-mail to your member of Congress.
Continuing a campaign begun in September, PICO's 52 federations, led by Louisiana
Interfaiths Together and All Congregations Together in New Orleans, are working to keep
Louisiana in the news. Today, with assistance from News Broadcast Network and
Sutherland Media Productions, PICO released a national Video News Release (VNR) on
conditions in New Orleans, available to every local TV station in the United States.
Click here to see this powerful 3 minute video. Call your local TV station and urge them to
run the VNR so that the plight of New Orleans and Gulf Coast families does not fall off the
radar screen.
On behalf of the clergy and leaders from the more than 100 religious congregations and
six faith-based federations that make up Louisiana Interfaiths Together (PICO LIFT) I
thank you for your support at this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Rev. Jennifer Jones-Bridgett, Executive Director
Louisiana Interfaiths Together
FBCO in the News
May 10, 2006
May 10, 2006