Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign

The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project (GCCWP) is the national student movement to pass the Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, a federal bill to create 100,000 jobs for Gulf Coast residents and evacuees to rebuild their public infrastructure. Learn More.

The GCCWP is working in coalition with community, faith-based, and human rights organizations to pass the Act. Learn More.

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11/18/09	200 Students, Community Leaders Gather at SJSU for Campus Sleep Out
11/18/09	Community leaders discuss 'Poverty Under the Stars'
11/11/09	4th Annual "Poverty Under the Stars" 11/12/09 7PM at SJSU
10/16/09	GCCW press release picked up by Politico.com and Washington Times
10/16/09	Release: Interfaith Leaders urge President Obama: Make Poverty, Climate and Coastal Restoration Priorities in Gulf Coast Communities
10/07/09	Assemblymember Beall calls Public Works to Solve Unemployment Crisis
10/06/09	Dr. Myers-Lipton's lecture at the Dean's Symposium, "Poverty: Problems and Solutions," San José State University, October 6, 2010
10/02/09	Alabama Hurricane Katrina Survivors Go to Washington
10/01/09	Congressional Tri-Caucus Sponsors Briefing on HR 2269
9/30/09	Gulf Coast Civic Works Campain Applauds Creation of Long-Term Recovery Working Group
8/27/09	SPECIAL REPORT: Obama, Congress get "D" grades from Gulf Coast advocates for Katrina recovery efforts. [pdf]
8/25/09	Obama Addresses the Gulf Coast
8/23/09	Open Letter to Speaker Pelosi [pdf]
8/23/09	Gulf Coast Rally To Demand Speaker Pelosi Take Action on 4th Anniversary of Katrina
8/18/09	Katrina Pain Index - 2009
8/13/09	Katrina Anniversary Nears, and Should Evoke Truths, Both Ugly and Ennobling
8/08/09	Prayer for the day at Sojourners: For the Gulf Coast residents and the passage of HR 2269
7/18/09	Gulf Coast advocates push for HR 2269 in Mobile
7/11/09	July 17th Press Conference in Mobile to Highlight GCCWA
6/26/09	NAACP Urges Congress to Pass GCCW Act [pdf]
6/08/09	Advocates take the Gulf Coast cause to the Hill
6/07/09	Gulf Coast activists protest at FEMA headquarters
6/01/09	Bi-partisan Congress members urge colleagues to sign on to HR 2269 [pdf]
5/23/09	New Orleans: City of Sickness
5/7/09	Students Applaud Re-Introduction of Gulf Coast Civic Works Act
4/18/09	Gulf Coast Civic Works Act to be re-introduced in late April, 2009. Click here to view draft of the bill
3/22/09	Obama's debt to New Orleans [link]
1/23/09	Obama gives hope to Katrina activists [link]
1/21/09	New White House Web site criticizes Bush over Katrina, promises change [link]
1/7/09	Representatives Lofgren and Melancon urge Chairmen Frank and Obey to fund HR 4048 proposal [link]

Lofgren, Community Leaders to Address the Great Recession Green, Living Wage Jobs Called for through Civic Works

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Mardi Gras Events: Click here

SJSU Sleep-Out: Click here
General Sleep-Out Page: Click here

Louisiana Winter, 2007

Must Reads : Three Page Campaign Overview [pdf], GCCWA Background [pdf], and GCCW Campaign Partners [pdf].

HR 2269 1-pager [pdf]

Southern Studies' A New
    Agenda for the Gulf [pdf]

Informational Flyer
    (Bay Area) [pdf]
    (Generic) [pdf]

Chairman Bennie
   Thompson's Speech [pdf]

Are you looking for the book that inspired the GCCWP?

[click here]

Order a Tee Shirt; chose from 2 designs
[click here]

We are pleased to be working
with ACORN. Learn more about volunteer opportunities with LA ACORN
[click here]

Gulf Coast Civic Works Members
Sleep Out on SJSU Campus to Raise Awareness of Homelessness

Students, faculty, and community members who are interested in the GCCWP should contact Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton at (510) 508-5382 or smlipton@sjsu.edu and be sure to also check out our starter kit

Obama Visits New Orleans on Oct. 15, 2009

Click below to see what we wanted the President to say

Join this generation's Human Rights Struggle

Gulf Coast Civic Works Project 2006 - 2009
Scott Myers-Lipton, 510-508-5382