One Voice For New Orleans: Another comprehensive website designed to help New Orleans back on its feet with links to problems, other aid organizations, Times Picayune pictures, local webcams and their main mission, getting Americans to write letters to their government representatives on behalf of New Orleans. Be patient during the page load – their server tends to get overwhelmed easily.
OVNO asks Americans to write their representatives and tell them you care about the future of New Orleans, and that you expect your leaders to care, too …
- Tell your congressional leaders right now that you support every effort to preserve one of this country“s most captivating cities.
- Tell them that the failure of the levee system was not a natural disaster.
- Tell them that Katrina did not discriminate …
- Tell them it could happen to you.
Communicating with federal, state and local government is an underestimated tool of citizen participation. Believe it or not, constituents and their problems still matter to politicians. The squeaky wheel gets greased … I mean, gets the grease.
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katrina.com: Donated to the Hurricane Katrina cause by a woman who named the site after herself, katrina.com provides a long list of resources and how you can help families in need this holiday season. The Katrina Angel Tree program helps you “adopt a family,” if you ignore all of the kitschy caramel and the Filling Of Forms associated with it. No, it’s not exactly secular and is a bit tedious, but I have a feeling all of the money gets to the intended party by using this method. A little bit of work to help a family in need is not a bad thing at all.
No, you’re not jaded about politicians at all, nope.
Glad somebody constructed the OVNO site. I’ve been giving considerable thought to all of these great online NOLA resources and how people could benefit if resources were all in one place. Donating and learning become much easier and more centralized. OTOH, one body in control is never good and it may end up turning into a mini-NOLA-relief-government of sorts. This shouldn’t prevent a well-designed list of foundations, blogs, real resources, etc.
Dare I ask your opinion on this? You know how I love to tease.