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ABPsi Viewpoints :: View topic - Press Release from The People's Insitute: "NATIONAL ANTI-RACIST ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR U.N. INVESTIGATION OF FEDERAL RESPONSE TO KATRINA
The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, one of the nation's foremost anti-racist training organizations, today called for a full investigation by the United Nations of the federal response to the Katrina catastrophe in Mississippi and Louisiana, and especially in the city of New Orleans.
“This calamity demonstrates how racism manifests itself in every institution in this country,” said Ronald Chisom, executive director of the People’s Institute, a 25-year old, multiracial organization headquartered in New Orleans. “With the national and international coverage of hurricane Katrina, the world has seen the real face of racism in America. Only an international body will be able to hold accountable the political leaders who had the knowledge but did not act, who had the power, but did not use that power to preserve the lives and human dignity of all people.”
Rooted in the culture of New Orleans, The People’s Institute is intimately familiar with the history of racism in New Orleans and the south. Although it is a national organization with a national and international network of anti-racist organizers and trainers, The People’s Institute feels acutely the impact of Katrina, having lost its offices and the homes of many of its staff.
“We need the United Nations to oversee an international Public Works campaign similar to the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts in South Asia and the Pacific,” said Kimberley Richards, Core Trainer with The People’s Institute and a citizen of Mississippi. “We must prevent this tragedy from becoming a ‘cash cow’ to benefit those who have historically profited from war and crisis. We must build with a vision of social justice and economic equity, so that poor people do not simply end up with “services” but lack economic power. Only an international body can guarantee that. "
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The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, one of the nation's foremost anti-racist training organizations, today called for a full investigation by the United Nations of the federal response to the Katrina catastrophe in Mississippi and Louisiana, and especially in the city of New Orleans.
“This calamity demonstrates how racism manifests itself in every institution in this country,” said Ronald Chisom, executive director of the People’s Institute, a 25-year old, multiracial organization headquartered in New Orleans. “With the national and international coverage of hurricane Katrina, the world has seen the real face of racism in America. Only an international body will be able to hold accountable the political leaders who had the knowledge but did not act, who had the power, but did not use that power to preserve the lives and human dignity of all people.”
Rooted in the culture of New Orleans, The People’s Institute is intimately familiar with the history of racism in New Orleans and the south. Although it is a national organization with a national and international network of anti-racist organizers and trainers, The People’s Institute feels acutely the impact of Katrina, having lost its offices and the homes of many of its staff.
“We need the United Nations to oversee an international Public Works campaign similar to the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts in South Asia and the Pacific,” said Kimberley Richards, Core Trainer with The People’s Institute and a citizen of Mississippi. “We must prevent this tragedy from becoming a ‘cash cow’ to benefit those who have historically profited from war and crisis. We must build with a vision of social justice and economic equity, so that poor people do not simply end up with “services” but lack economic power. Only an international body can guarantee that. "
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