Record Details:

Common Ground, Massachusetts

Organization: Private Citizen Volunteers
Facility Type: Info/Hotline
Status: Open

Address:
Andover, MA 00000

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Main/General Business Number: 978-852-6457, Evan Greer
Main/General Business E-mail Address: (hidden)








Notes:

Terra talked to Evan. They want to be volunteer coordinators. Not clear
how many people they've got, or if they actually get their hands dirty or
not.

Not sure if it's an "official" outshoot of the Common Ground people
in Louisiana or not. But then again, CG is so loosely organized,
perhaps it doesn't matter. Perhaps anyone can establish a CG operation
anywhere. Wouldn't that be nice...
Terra

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Amatul Hannan
> To: AQuarii Arts
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:22 AM
> Subject: Northern New England Flooding: A Call for
> Solidarity and Action
>
>
> PLEASE PASS IT ON: FOLKS MAY NEED HELP, DRINKING
> WATER, ETC
>
> Hello Friends,
> Evan Greer here from Andover, MA. I've been a medic
> / organizer in the
> Boston community for a while, but have been away in
> New Orleans, for those of you who don't know me. You
> may or may not be hearing about it on the news, but
> there is currently major flooding going on in many
> towns to the north of Boston in Massachusetts, New
> Hampshire, and Maine.
> There are dams that may burst overnight, sewage
> plants have been flooded, and hundreds of millions
> of gallons of toxic sewage are flowing into the
> Merrimack River Watershed; residential areas are
> losing power and drinkable water.
>
> THIS IS A CALL FOR HELP AND SOLIDARITY
> If you want to help, please call me ASAP:
> 978-852-6457,
> or write: evan@riotfolk.org
>
> I just got back from working with the Common Ground
> Collective in New
> Orleans, doing grassroots relief work in the
> aftermath of Hurricane
> Katrina. Having seen the damage that flooding can
> do, and the racist and
> classist response that officials took there, I feel
> strongly that it is our
> responsibility as activists and allies in Boston to
> take action NOW and get
> involved in the emergency-response, rebuilding, and
> relief efforts.
>
> I have a pick-up truck, a canoe, and a safe place to
> stay in Andover (my parents
> are offering to open their home to activists and
> volunteers.) I am looking
> for ANYONE who wants to come and help out as soon as
> this evening (Monday)
> and over the next several days / weeks. Whether or
> not you have Medical or
> Emergency Response skills, there will be plenty of
> clean-up, distribution,
> coordination and general aid work to do.
>
> I am contacting various community groups in the
> hardest hit areas: Lawrence, Lowell, Haverhill,
> Peabody, etc., and attempting to determine where
> they most need help and exactly what they need. I
> will try to act as a link between those groups and
> the activist community in Boston, to help people who
> want to plug in with groups looking for volunteers.
> Please call me: 978-852-6457.
>
> I don't want to be the only link, as well, so others
> who want to make this a more
> collective relief endeavor are more than welcome to
> come and get involved in the coordination efforts.
>
> I spent most of today driving around surveying the
> scene.
> Most rivers and streams are over their banks, many
> roads are closed into and out of the hardest hit
> areas. Residential areas are under significant
> amounts of
> water, and Hit hardest, of course, are communities
> of color, which in this area are generally built
> along polluted rivers, in low-lying areas where rain
> is collecting the most. Over the next several days,
> we can expect that wealthier white neighborhoods
> and corporate areas will receive the most attention
> and resources, so it is our responsibility as allies
> to go to and help in the areas that need it most.
>
> Again, if you want to help, please get in touch:
> 978-852-6457,
> evan@riotfolk.org
>
> In solidarity and struggle,
> Evan Greer
>
>
>

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Created At: Fri Jun 23 07:16:04 +0000 2006
Updated At: Fri Jun 23 07:16:04 +0000 2006
Updated By: tfri

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