We invite you to
join the Post-Katrina College Summit at San Jose
State University. Various events will happen the week of April 9-14.
Help us refocus the nation on Katrina
rebuilding!
Register Now.
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.
SJSU SUMMIT AGENDA:
• Monday, April 9: "The Next Movement"
-- Students will be performing spoken word,
several DJs will be playing music, and speeches
will be held at the student
amphitheater.
• Tuesday, April 10: "Katrina Quest"
-- We will show videos and documentaries
throughout the day. Several of these videos
have been made by college students.
• Wednesday, April 11: "Katrina
Victims: Reading of the Names" --
Throughout the day, we will have professors,
students, to speak
about the social conditions in the Gulf Coast at
the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
• Thursday, April 12: "Rally" --
Students will march through campus with signs in
support of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project.
• Friday, April 13: "Solidarity
Dinner"--We will host a community dinner for
survivors of Katrina that live in the local
community.
Throughout the week:
• Camp Katrina will be setup in the center of
the SJSU campus. It will be composed of a FEMA-like
trailer to demonstrate visually how over 200,000
American citizens are living. Students will
also chalk 30' by 8' boxes all around campus,
and put powerful quotations in them ( e.g., Over
200,000 Gulf Coast residents are living in a box
this size)
• Petitions will be gathered at all events.
Download:
Sample Agendas
[pdf]
For more Summit
Ideas:
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If you would like to join our planning team,
please fill out the form below.
The Gulf Coast is not forgotten!
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