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United States: Community Voices Heard (CVH)

Name of the organization:
Community Voices Heard (CVH)
Your favourite tongue:
English
Representative:
editorial staff
Your country of residence:
United States
Website address and website name:
Briefly describe what kind of initiative you propose and its territorial dimension:
When: Saturday, January 26th
11:30am—Rally Outside Senator Clinton’s Office
1:30pm—Press Conference and Rally @ Columbus Circle

Where: First Stop, 11:30 am: Campaign Office for Senator Hillary Clinton, 420 Lexington Ave at 43rd Street
Press Conference, 1:30pm: Rally for Barack Obama,
59th Street, Columbus Circle

Why: January 26th is a Global Day of Action when people around the world will gather to demonstrate and conduct public education to bring awareness to issues facing oppressed people around the world. In New Orleans and around the country, low-income people are being displaced from their -over- homes and communities.
Your requests and proposals for the Global Day of Mobilisation in your territory/country:
While 80% of all affordable housing in New Orleans was destroyed or damaged by flooding after Hurricane Katrina, the City, State and Federal Governments have made no plans to repair and rebuild these communities. Instead, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to demolish over 5,000 units of public housing in New Orleans—housing that has not had significant damage—and replace it with only 700 units of low-income housing. The Gulf Coast Recovery Act (SB 1668), which has been introduced in the U.S Senate, would guarantee one-for-one replacement of all lost units of public housing in New Orleans and provide appropriations to rebuild and repair low-income housing. This legislation is being held up in the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee because of opposition from Senator David Vitter (R-LA). Community Voices Heard is calling on Senators Obama and Clinton, as presidential candidates to publicly support SB 1668 and commit to working with Senator Vitter to pass this critical legislation out of committee. With continuous disinvestment in public housing by all levels of government, New York residents fear that without help, they will face the same fate as those in New Orleans.

Who: Low-income New Yorkers who are also members of Community Voices Heard (CVH). CVH is a membership-led and directed organization made up of low-income people fighting for changes in our communities. Members are predominantly public housing residents and public assistance recipients.
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