Effective charitable giving
“Although African Americans tend to associate the concept of philanthropy with the very rich, our community has historically been a generous and giving one, whether it be time or money,” stated Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League in his “Opinion” column in the New York Beacon, July 27. The concept of giving runs deep in...
Mississippi still struggles a year after Hurricane Katrina
By Richard Muhammad (FinalCall.com) - The one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina brought the focus back to New Orleans, but Gulf Coast communities in Mississippi still struggle to get attention and help for areas swept away by last summer’s deadly super storm. “We have been so overshadowed. In Mississippi, we have total neighborhoods that have been just completely wiped off the map....
Disaster profiteering in the Gulf
(FinalCall.com) - A recent report indicates that U.S. corporations and government entities are waxing rich off no-bid contracts and layers of contracting pyramids in the Gulf Coast region while multitudes of displaced residents struggle for work and daily survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. CorpWatch, a non-profit organization that tracks corporate influence and its consequences, recently released...
Black women of Katrina
Get involved! Rebuild Hope Now The Unmasking of New Orleans (Final Call Documentary) (FinalCall.com) - One year after hurricanes Katrina and Rita introduced themselves to the Gulf Coast with death and destruction, many victim’s lives are still not much better. This is what the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (NCBCP) Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) program found on...
Latino immigrant activist waits patiently in refuge
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - A plaque on the wall above us reads, “The Lord is with you wherever you go.” But for now, if His Presence surrounds her within the confines of the grounds of Adalberto United Methodist Church, it will suffice for Elvira Arrelano. She sought sanctuary in the humble Westside church two weeks ago from a deportation...
Domestic violence, a raging epidemic
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Domestic violence perpetrators and victims hail from various ethnic backgrounds, wealthy and low-income families, but what many people do not know is that the raging epidemic occurs often among children as young as 11 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC recently reported in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
Islamic “Fascism” Frame Set Up by Right-Wing Press
JIM.LOBE The "War on Terror" Exposed (FCN Webcast) WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (IPS) - The aggressive new campaign by the administration of President George W. Bush to depict U.S. foes in the Middle East as "fascists" and its domestic critics as "appeasers" owes a great deal to steadily intensifying efforts by the right-wing press over the past several months to draw...
How the world viewed Hurricane Katrina
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - A year after Hurricane Katrina, human rights activists are demanding that the international community take up the issue of how the people in New Orleans and the Delta communities may have had their rights violated in view of certain international conventions. In July, a group of activists attended a session sponsored by the United Nations Human...
Katrina’s missing children are all found
Where are the children? (FCN, 10-27-2005) The destruction of property and loss of life were bad enough after hurricanes Katrina and Rita introduced themselves to the Gulf Coast last August. To add insult to massive injury, their aftermath left 5,192 children missing or displaced. Months went by and children like Joriel Boykins, a sweet-faced 9-year-old with almond eyes, caramel-colored complexion,...
Recognizing unsung heroes in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath
The Unmasking of New Orleans (Final Call Documentary) It was bad enough that Jason Williams (name changed) had witnessed Hurricane Katrina. Now, he was in the Superdome with others who had lost everything. But the worst wasn't over yet. While in the Superdome, he witnessed some of the criminal activity the news had reported, such as robberies and assaults. It was...