Gulf Coast Civic Works Project

The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project is the national effort to pass HR 4048: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, which would create 100,000 jobs for Gulf Coast residents and evacuees to rebuild their communities. Learn More.

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Join us as we push to obtain 100 co-sponsors for HR 4048. Email Congress today!
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9/22/08	A Moral Response to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes
9/18/08	News Clippings from the Interfaith Statement
9/17/08	Interfaith Statement Gains Attention
9/16/08	TELECONFERENCE: Evangelical, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim Leaders Call for Moral Response to Hurricanes
9/13/08	NAACP Calls for support of HR 4048
9/01/08	NAACP, JEWISH Council, and GCCWP Host Panel
8/28/08	GCCWP On the Blogs
8/27/08	News Release: Katrina Remembered
6/20/08	LA Republican Party Endorses HR 4048!
6/19/08	Representative Woolsey agress to co-sponsor HR 4048
6/08/08	GCCWP Members meet with Congressman John Lewis and ask him to Co-sponsor HR 4048
6/04/08	Lofgren sends out "Dear Colleague" letter
4/30/08	Gulf Coast Party Platforms Project
4/15/08	REJUVENATING THE FIGHT FOR THE GULF COAST SJSU Students Remind Community of Why They Struggle
3/31/08	GCCWP on front page of Campus Compact's "Current"
3/21/08	Student Hurricane Network Working for HR 4048
3/15/08	'West coast legislation could aid gulf coast'
3/15/08	3 upcoming meetings to discuss HR 4048: New Orleans, Mobile, and Biloxi
3/11/08	CA STATE SENATE PASSES GULF COAST RESOLUTION
2/11/08	Rep. Lofgren Releases "Dear Colleague" Letter to House Members
2/05/08	Mercury News Publishes Article on GCCWP Mardi Gras Events: SJSU students celebrate Mardi Gras with eye on aiding Gulf Coast
1/31/08	GCCWP Receives Message of Support from Executive Director of BISCO
1/30/08	Push to inject Gulf revival into debates acknowledged
1/18/08	SJSU Students to host Mardi Gras Event
1/16/08	GCCWP Meets with LA ACORN: Partnership Strengthened
1/14/08	59 Students & Faculty Gather at Loyola U.:National Campus Strategy to Pass HR 4048 Developed
1/10/08	GCCWP meets with the Louisiana Relief Authority (LRA)
1/9/08	Letter Carriers Union #214 supports Gulf Coast Reconstruction Program like WPA
1/8/08	Update from NOLA
1/7/08	Louisiana Winter 2: 19 SJSU students arrived in New Orleans
1/5/08	Gulf Coast Civic Works Project receives grant from Democracy In Action!
11/6/07	WE HAVE A BILL!! HR 4048 >>> Read More
9/10/07	CA ASSEMBLY PASSES GULF COAST CIVIC WORKS PROJECT RESOLUTION
8/28/07	Various entries: National Commemoration of the 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
7/16/07	California AJR 22 - Make Calls Today!
7/12/07	August 29 to September 2: National Commemoration of the 2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
7/3/07	Good News: Read the Blog RE: CA Legislature
5/31/07	Gulf Coast Civic Works Project pitched to Senator Edwards
5/8/07	Senator Obama cites our work!
5/8/07	More Than Just Talk: John Edwards Mention of 50,000 Jobs for Gulf Coast
4/30/07	Assemblywoman Lieber and Hurricane Katrina Survivors Call for Massive Federal Job Creation for Gulf Coast [AJR 22 pdf]
4/10/07	Virtual Post-Katrina National College Summit
4/9/07	Hot off the presses: Roosevelt Relief: Hurricane Katrina Policy Publication of the University of Michigan Roosevelt Institution
4/4/07	38 CAMPUSES HOST NATIONAL POST-KATRINA COLLEGE SUMMIT (and 1 High School!)
3/27/07	Santa Clara County Democratic Party Executive Board Resolution
3/17/07	'Forgotten' in Louisiana SJSU STUDENTS VISIT KATRINA VICTIMS, PUSH FOR JOBS PROGRAM
3/11/07	Assemblywoman Lieber, San José State Students & Faculty Announce Public Hearing on Post-Katrina Conditions [pdf]
3/9/07	Volunteers toil, but Gulf still a mess
3/7/07	Southern Studies' A New Agenda for the Gulf Report
3/2/07	Human Rights for Displaced Iraqis But Not Displaced Americans? By Guest Blogger: Jeffrey Buchanan, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights Take Action: Email Congress today!
3/1/07	Missouri Legislators Call for Gulf Coast Civic Works Project As President Bush Tours Katrina Recovery Effort in New Orleans [pdf]
2/23/07	The Sun Herald: Students Push for Plan [pdf]
2/22/07	Missouri Legislators Urge Creation Of Public Works Project to Aid Katrina Victims [pdf]
2/19/07	Students Call for National Post-Katrina College Summit [pdf]
2/15/07	The Summit Strategy
1/30/07	Chairman Thompson calls for WPA-like Program to Rebuild Gulf Coast

1/21/07	'Louisiana Winter' Comes to a Close: Students Vow to Continue to Advocate for Civic Works Legislation

1/16/07	Dr. Cornel West with 'Louisiana Winter' Students at Tulane University
11/19/06	Poverty Under the Stars: The Night the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project was Born

HR 4048 - click here to download the bill

SAVE THE DATE: November 14-16 2008

Dillard Student Conference, "Rebuild the Gulf Coast"

Click on the flyer above for more information about the Dillard Student Conference

GCCW Campaign - Learn More

Gulf Coast Civic Works Members Participate in a Speak Out event on 45th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

Three Years Too Late - Pass 4048
[Click here to Download the Bill]
[Click here to Download a Summary of the Bill]

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

Students from Cal State Monterey Bay, as part of a service-learning course, made this 3-minute video that highlights the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project. If you like what you see, contact us to get involved in this generation's human rights movement.

Cal State Monterey Bay student, Estee Blancher, who is from Louisiana, made this 1 minute video highlighting our 2nd Anniversary Katrina event. Thank you Estee!

The GCCWP march & rally was the lead or second story at 5 pm on EVERY news show in the Bay Area: i.e., CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox. ABC 7 Coverage [watch]

We were also on the 3 major news radio stations: KGO, KCBS and KPFA.
KCBS [listen]

Download Katrina Facts

Spread the Word - Invite your friends to check out our web site!

Download Flyer

Help us reach our goal of 100,000 Americans to sign our petition.

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Mardi Gras Events: Click here

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

Louisiana Winter, 2007

A Must Read: Southern
     Studies' A New Agenda for the
     Gulf [pdf]
Informational Flyer (Bay
    Area) [pdf]
Informational Flyer
    (Generic) [pdf]
Position Paper [pdf]
Chairman Thompson's
   Speech [pdf]
Download the Petition to
    Gather more signatures
    [pdf]

Radio Coverage: Listen to "Against the Grain" Interview [mp3.click here]
Louisiana Winter Student Video
     [Promo]
KPIX Channel 5 [2 mins]
WLOX-TV abc 13 [5 mins]
KTVU Channel 2 [2 mins]
DLabrie, of Hip Hop Congress [mp3]

Are you looking for the book?
[click here]

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

We are extremely pleased to have joined
forces with New Orleans ACORN

Volunteer opportunities with LA ACORN
[click here] or [here]

Join this generation's Human Rights Struggle