It’s Friday and it’s been a hard week. I’m not asking you read tonight. We don’t all have to be out on the streets in the disaster zone but there’s something each of us can do. It beats waiting for the so-called government to do something.
Here’s reporting from Cindy Milstein on the situation right now:
No sign of tents or Occupy Sandy Relief at Coffey Park in Red Hook, but plenty of signs of suffering: water still being pumped out of buildings, public housing & corner stores with no lights and probably heat, downed trees & debris lingering, toxic smell in air and toxic-looking muck on ground, single Red Cross truck giving out supplies, ConEd & “restoration” workers with masks/gloves on, homemade & bilingual signs about where to get help or when/if school is open, and police. Lots & lots of police — doing nothing (which is maybe preferable to doing something!)
Watch this video by David Borenstein on the situation in the Rockaways and see if you don’t start thinking about Katrina:
- Hit this link to The Rolling Jubilee website!
- The People’s Bailout is sold out (no tickets left). But there will be an awesome viewing party in the East Village, more info coming soon. Whether you can attend or not please, please: Consider donating.
- Consider sending something to Occupy Sandy via Amazon
- Or help out a middle school whose students still have no power: they need can-openers for $2.95 each.
- Or support the great independent book art store Printed Matter that got wiped out by the storm.
- If you go to an NYC area Greenmarket over the weekend, you can “Donate a Bag” of food to the Rockaways or Staten Island: they have particular needs, so find the table first and check in. I donated carrots, pears and bread–I couldn’t find the radishes they wanted.
- Plus it up in whatever way you can think of!
- Feel free to add other suggestions in the comments