We invite you to
join the Post-Katrina College Summit at
California State
University at Fullerton.
Help us refocus the nation on Katrina
rebuilding!
The Gulf Coast Civic Works
Project is the national effort to develop
federal legislation to create 100,000 jobs for
Gulf Coast residents to rebuild their
communities.
Email Congress
today:
click here. Also, you can sign the Petition on-line:
click here.
Sunday,
April 8th
8am –
1:30pm |
CSUF-Led
Petition Drive with Faith Community
Petition
Drive: "Going to Church" event to
collect petition signatures from
congregants at Friendship Baptist Church
of Yorba Linda, CA. |
Monday,
April 9th
11am-2pm
|
CSUF
Blood Drive and Petition Drive
Blood
Drive (Location: Pollak Library Entrance
[west side]): Partner with Red Cross for
blood/blood marrow drive to benefit
future disaster victims and others.
Petition
Drive: Collect petition signatures from
campus community (Location: The Quad);
Chalk writing about Summit (focus
writing/art on Gulf Coast Civic Works
project) |
Tuesday,
April 10th
11:30am
– 1:30pm
7pm – 8pm
|
CSUF
Memorial Service, Guest Speaker, and
Petition Drive
Memorial
Service (Assemble at Humanities Building
[west side]): Second Line
March/Processional across campus wearing
white tops and black bottoms accompanied
by trumpet player; Return to Humanities
classroom where poster(s) with names of
the dead and photos of survivors are
displayed. Moment of silence and
marathon reading of names of the dead.
Guest
Speaker (Location: Humanities-112):
Member of instructor Jessica Grimes’
(Sociology Department) Group who
traveled to Gulf Coast for Spring Break
Petition
Drive (Location: The Quad): Collect
signatures from campus community at both
events; Chalk writing about Summit.
|
Wednesday, April 11th
12pm –
2pm
6pm-10pm
|
CSUF
Movie Day/Night and Petition Drive
Day
Screening: “When the Levees Broke” (Act
I) in African American Resource Center
(Humanities-222C)
Night
Screening: “When the Levees Broke” (Acts
I-IV) in Humanities-112
Petition
Drive (Location: The Quad): Collect
signatures from campus community at both
events; Chalk writing about Summit.
|
Thursday, April 12th
7pm-9pm |
CSUF
Fundraiser and Petition Drive
Fundraiser (Location: Becker
Amphitheater): Food and beverages sold
to benefit Natasha McPherson, CSUF
alumna and Emory University doctoral
student who lives in the New Orleans
area while she completes her fieldwork
for a dissertation on the history of
Creole women. Proceeds will pay
Natasha’s rent for a month. Event held
in conjunction with anniversary of Sigma
Gamma Rho sorority. Carnival atmosphere
with music by a D.J.
Petition
Drive (Location: The Quad): Collect
signatures from campus community; Chalk
writing about Summit.
|
Friday,
April 13th
11am-1pm |
CSUF
Petition Drive
Petition
Drive (Location: The Quad): Collect
signatures from campus community; Chalk
writing about Summit.
|