Before Hurricane Katrina, Gloria Brown and Queenie lived in New Orleans. Now six months after the flood of toxic water that drove them from their home, they live in San Francisco but are still unable to find affordable permanent housing. On Saturday, March 11, Gloria, a Black elder who is a member of the Hurricane Evacuees Council/Bay Area, told her story to a multiracial, mainly Black and Brown, multigenerational crowd of about 150- 200 people, including a Bishop of the Episcopal Church, who had gathered in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, to mark International Women’s Week and the 7th Global Women’s Strike. She was one of the evacuees from New Orleans living in both Northern and Southern California who spoke.
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Global Women's Strike/LA Action Highlights Katrina & Other Global Warming Survivors
by Susan Andres
Global Women's Strike/LA Action Highlights Katrina & Other Global Warming Survivors