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GUEST: Tom Honore, member of the Steering Committee for ICUJP, Maricela Guzman, Iraq Veterans Against the War and SWAN (Service Women Action Network)

According to a new report on gulf renewal in the wake of the Katrina disaster, federal relief funds are falling short of what’s needed to rebuild. In fact, nearly two years later, most of the insufficient funds are being held up in bureaucracy. For example, seventy percent of the 16.7 billion dollar Community Development Block Grants remain unused. Though breached levees were highlighted as a major reason for the flooding of New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has spent less than 20% of the billions of dollars they were allocated. As a result, internal estimates project that the levee repairs will not be finished for another four years. As the rebuilding process of hurricane Katrina affected areas is too slow for many residents, a local event will make connections between America’s foreign wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with its neglect for citizens here at home. “Katrina and the War: Survival and Struggle from Baghdad to New Orleans,” will take place at the Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. The event will feature guest speakers such as Reverend James Lawson who will tie together the experiences of both the Gulf Coast and the Persian Gulf.

KATRINA AND THE WAR: Survival and Struggle from Baghdad to New Orleans
Monday August 27th 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Holman United Methodist Church
3320 W Adams Blvd., Los Angeles

For event information, visit www.icujp.org