News and Views
on Human Rights
In This Issue: No. 4: September 2005
•   UUSC, UUA mount joint Gulf Coast relief effort
•   "A Gentle, Angry People"
•   New Orleans's free market evacuation
•   Urge Congress to enact comprehensive family assistance for hurricane victims
•   Where governments are failing, faith-based organizations are succeeding
UUSC, UUA mount joint Gulf Coast relief effort
In response to the enormous tragedy that has struck the Gulf Coast region of the United States, UUSC has joined with the Unitarian Universalist Association to support relief and recovery efforts.

Read more about how you can contribute to our work to help the hurricane victims most severely in need of assistance.

New Orleans's free market evacuation
The tragedy that continues to unfold in New Orleans reveals many of the shortcomings and biases of the delayed and ineffective government response in dealing with natural disasters of this magnitude.

Read our UUSC Hotwire for an analysis of what is happening, including why the rescue effort helped save many lives but thousands of others were left behind.

Where governments are failing, faith-based organizations are succeeding
While government agencies were slow to respond to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, faith-based organizations were providing immediate relief, as well as a hopeful presence in the affected region.

Read "In the storm's wake, what's going right?"

"A Gentle, Angry People"
The frenzied evacuation and rescue efforts following Hurricane Katrina revealed the stark reality of the racism and classism that remain as major fault lines in American society.

Read UUA President William Sinkford's heartfelt Pastoral Letter.

Urge Congress to enact comprehensive family assistance for hurricane victims
In addition to contributing to the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund, you can join with the faith-based PICO Network in urging your elected federal officials to make sure that our national response should include legislation that helps struggling families protect their rights and regain their livelihoods.

Learn more about the needs of displaced families and how you can send an immediate message to your elected policymakers.

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