Re: Too late..for me to verify.
- From: rainbowcrystalkitchen@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 9 Nov 2005 14:54:52 -0800
Nightshade wrote:
> Posted on CALM email list, about 12:00 A.M. (Arizona time)
>
>
> "sing and dance" <jenka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The only kitchen serving fresh, nutritious meals to
> the people of New Orleans east of Canal St. is being
> threatened with closure by city officials.
>
> The loose-knit coalition of groups known as 'the
> Rainbow Family of Living Light', best known for their
> yearly 4th of July Rainbow Gatherings at rotating
> locations throughout the country, have been
> instrumental in the relief effort following Hurricane
> Katrina. The mobile kitchen they founded in Waveland,
> Mississippi, the area hardest hit by the storm, has
> been consistently serving 2,000 people a day
> since its inception in early September.
>
> In New Orleans, the Rainbow Family established a
> kitchen over a month ago serving three meals a day to
> the homeless, nearly homeless, and
> underserved people of New Orleans. A half mile away
> is a facility with
> huge tents and serving areas set up by FEMA, but it is
> for FEMA
> contractors only, and large signs posted outside say
> "No public
> services
> available". In fact, FEMA has been very visibly
> absent in the city of
> New Orleans, from their initial arrival five days late
> to their
> inexplicable lack of public centers in the city
> itself.
>
> The "Welcome Home Kitchen", as the Rainbow Family's
> Kitchen is known, has been serving well over 700
> people each day for three meals a day, as well as
> providing free medical care, a distribution center of
> clothing
> and supplies, a community bulletin board and
> information table, and a sense of camaraderie that has
> brought smiles and hugs from people in the most
> desperate of circumstances.
>
> But now the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of the
> New Orleans Emergency Operations Center, Ms. Cynthia
> Lear, has declared that the city will unilaterally
> shut the kitchen down on Wednesday, providing no
> alternative and no resources for the underserved in
> New Orleans. Ms. Lear has stated that there is no
> appeals process for this decision, even though
> community members at the Fauberg-Marigny neighborhood
> council
> meeting on Monday gave virtually unanimous support to
> the ongoing work of the kitchen.
>
> Please call ms. cynthia sylvan lear, the deputy chief
> administrative officer of the new orleans emergency
> operations center at 504-658-2180
Icaled this number and wads told that ms lear doesnt work there and
thatshe was part of the mayors office ..Iwas also told that the
stiory was skewed and ot thruthgfull... andfthat the rainbows were
beingt closed down becasue thet refused to get a"permit".... and the
voice on the phone suggested thet the litchen was being closed out of
fera of desease and a lack of dsatitatio..... I made it clear to this
voice on the phone this was bullshit ... that we know the peole who
wwre preparuing food and that this was a safe and healthy ki8thcne
staffed by people who know how to delevier good heathy food.... yhe
went on to dsay that sallys ... the military and the red cross was
feeding people and that MR"S were avaible to anyone who was hhungery
and that this kitchen was unneeded ... but he also made it clear he
hadnt eaten there and didnt need too... assuming thatsince he was doing
well... everyone else was like wise .... this is astory which should
be pased on to cnn and msnbc and the rest of the major media...
apperantly the gove big wigs in NO dont reallt care about the welbing
opf thir citizens anymlore .. also called nagins office .... but no
one answered the p=hone so I left a messge of disapointment wiht the
mayors office ..... the voice on the phone btw asked me when I first
asked for ms whats her name if Iwas calling aboutthe posting so they
must have gotten alot of calls ... lets keep thiose calls going out
folks and lets make more calls to the media and the press to expose
this travesty
> and Mayor Nagin at (504) 658-4924, Fax: (504) 658-4938
> to express your dismay that such a resource would be
> unilaterally dismantled by the government while it is
> providing such an important resource for the
> community
.
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