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\We Will Not Be Silent: Movement Grows to Challenge Racial
Courtesy MoveOn
... make sure that America remembers Katrina.
Watch "When the Levees Broke" on HBO. Spike Lee has put together a beautiful documentary that captures
the full experience of Katrina in a gripping and powerful way-you don't want to miss it. It's screening on HBO tonight
and all this month, and since a lot of folks who want to see it don't have HBO, ColorofChange is encouraging folks to
watch together. If you can help someone who doesn't have HBO see it click here. And if you don't have HBO, you may be able to find folks hosting screenings here.
Write a letter to the editor. The administration's media tour is designed to whitewash the government's terrible response to this disaster. Let's not let them get away with it. The opinion pages are the most popular pages in the newspaper-if they're flooded with our letters, we can help shape public opinion. (There are some talking points below.)
Click here to get started.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/29/1416200&mode=thread&tid=25
Hurricane Katrina, One Year Later: Democracy Now! Looks Back to the Days After the Disaster
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/31/144231
Shocking Lancet Study: 8,000 Murders, 35,000 Rapes and Sexual Assaults in Haiti
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/01/1338241
We Will Not Be Silent: Movement Grows to Challenge Racial Profiling at Airports
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http://detentionwatchnetwork.org/
On Thursday, September 7th, there will be a mass East Coast mobilization in Washington, DC...
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courtesy ACLU
http://www.aclu.org/
Tell Congress "Enough." Stop Illegal Spying on Americans
