Here's a vision: all of us peace people across the country hire buses to go to New Orleans to pick up people and bring them back to our own communities.

There are reports of as many as 300,000 people trapped in N.O. -- Meanwhile there are people in all of our communities that are offering their homes for these people through Craig's List and MoveOn-- but the people in N.O. don't have access to computers or a way to get to these homes.

So, how about if we each send buses down there, pick up as many people as we can and bring them back to a place where they can be safe and comfortable?

Not only would this be a wonderful thing for us to do, it would also make a statement about the inhumanity of our government as opposed to the basic goodness of the normal citizens in this country-- We could even put peace signs on the outside of the buses-- good press.

Of course this would be an expensive thing for us to do, depending on how near your city is to N.O., but with some phone calling, we may be able to get funding from local businesses.

A number of us are working on this here in Boston-- please let me know if you like this idea and we can coordinate our efforts.

Peace and Solidarity,
Amy Hendrickson
peace@texnology.com
Brookline PeaceWorks Not in Our Name

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