Rainbow help for Katrina-displaced folks

My cousin was going to LSU and lost everything in the hurricane. He is now looking to relocate to Cali near UCLA where he has a job lined up. he is a white male 29 years old and formerly worked for green peace. My cousin is the most loving and wonderful guy I know, it would be great if someone could help him make a new start. He has a car but would need a place to stay for at least 3 to 6 months while he gets adjusted in Cali. He does work (alot) and would be willing to help with rent after he starts his job and gets settled(about 2 months). By the way he was training to be a chef at one point in new orleans and would be more than happy to help in that area(amazing cook).Please respond ASAP, hes ready for a new beginning. A community inviroment would be great as well as individual

Tosha Janise

 

youre right , FEMA isint doing shit . My husband makes a decent salary , but when your banking system is down & you have no way to get your cash , and youre 10 hours from home , it creates a problem . As soon as we found out that everything we owned was destroyed due to flood waters , we called FEMA . They had every excuse in the book for why they may not be able to help us ! So what are we to do ? Starting from scratch for a family with three small children , in a strange place on 1 average salary isnt cake . This goverment sucks !!!!!

 

people are people everywhere,, you know this,, its not the "country" its not neccasarily the "goverment"

Do ya not beleive in the prophecy sister??

tis all good,, let not yer heart be troubled..

luv n lite..

 

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Here's another email, widely distributed:



Pronoid Central <pronoidcentral@excite.com> wrote:

To: pronoidcentral@excite.com

Subject:
From: "Pronoid Central" <pronoidcentral@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:26:17 -0400 (EDT)



Contact:
Aaron Funk: aaronfunk81@hotmail.com
Arjay Sutton: pronoidcentral@excite.com

Donations to the rainbow kitchen paypal account:
neworleansreliefkitchen@healwithlove.org

Alternative First Aid/Medical Donations: www.calmdonate.org


Attention Rainbow Family and Kind Souls:

The Rainbow Family is mobilizing a New Orleans Relief Kitchen and Kids' Safe Play Area (including entertainment, games, etc.) and needs volunteers and donations to help the relief work based out of Baton Rouge (home to 500,000 refugees). Opportunities include
Food Service, First Aid including Naturopaths and Alternative Medicine, Counseling of all kinds including Crisis Counseling and Therapy. We also need people with carpentry skills and tools.

A main focus of the group is on creating a safe area for children and families to play together and have fun and have some sense of normalcy in an otherwise very hectic time.

So far we've received many generous pledges of assistance of all types.

People with skills in any of the above areas are welcome to come and work, also anyone able to help bring volunteers & kitchen equip. to the area. First caravan leaving from Asheville on Friday. Location to be announced in the next couple of days as details are worked out with the authorities.

WARNING: *This is not a Rainbow Gathering.* If you show up, be prepared to work hard in a kind and loving environment assisting your fellow beings. Blissininnies and alcoholics strenuously discouraged.

Rainbow Family volunteers have experience setting up kitchens from 30 years of practice at Rainbow Gatherings (annual spiritual camping in national forests) and the folks at the helm of this relief operation are kind, experienced at serving food and entertainment and medicine to thousands of folks a day, and are bringing a full array of kitchen equipment with volunteers from Granola Funk Theater's Kitchen, Everybody's Kitchen, quite possibly Phillipe from Kiddie Village, definitely Jane from C.A.L.M. (Center for Alternative Living Medicine) and other CALM volunteers, and the crew is in contact with the Louisiana Dept. of Emergency Preperaedness as well as local grassroots activists researching the needs, resrources and locations for relief work.

Feel free to forward this message widely. More info soon.

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This message was brought to you by Pronoid Central (c). STILL absolutely, positively convinced that you are out to help us.

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anyone heading down please take care of yourself and be safe. i wish everyone well. *hugs* lovin you!

 

please turnip keep us appraised as to were we are needed. i was hoping to be avail. the 10th now it looks like 17th im so glad pepole are thinking of the kids outher than the regular structure of millitary style order!! peace!

 

just got this in a email...


"Greeting from kid village, by way of Organic Valley's generous
offerings of the sacred food to be shared with the relatives. Don't
panic, keep it the organic.
We're putting the band back together again. What an honor this is.
We're on a mission from God to the people in need around Baton Rouge,
La. & the devastated areas.
We are asking for donations for fuel and needs as we go to and from the
kind people in the wake of Katrina. Lend a hand if you can, and by all
means come and join us in our effort to help others.
Donations to: Felipe Chavez
c/o Mary Root
600 West Main Street
Gays Mills, WI. 54631
Baton Rouge contact number: 808-987-8213
Deanne has a non-profit tax number if you choose to go that route.
Give until it feels good."
_____________________________________

Deanne is really cool and is with the barefoot doctor's academy, a
holistic medicine group that trains doulas and midwives and has a long
history with the family and national gatherings. She told me that the
rainbow crew is getting there today and welcomes any volunteer and/or
resources.

If you can't make it south, please make a donation, and at the very
least keep the entire effort in your prayers.

Focalizing,
Prince Caspian

 

I'm heading down there tomorrow. Does anyone here know where they landed? I've left voicemail messages with a couple of folks who went down there. I don't know if they have phone service. Pls feel free to PM me.

Thanks!

 

Hawker just called me back. They're in Waveland, MS for now. For anyone else who may be going down, he says:

DO NOT bring clothes or water.

DO bring cleaning supplies, camping gear, liquids with electrolytes like Gatorade, AND your very own special Rainbow abilities.

There is a curfew at 8pm - martial law. So, make sure you get to where you need to be before then.

I'm so excited I about need to sit on my hands to keep from clappin'!

 

haha..you are so cute...enjoy your service, may you be touched and may you touch!

 

So its strange,, we know in our souls weve directed 2 people to the kitchens in hell(katrina land),, an we know at least a few who are down there helpin ,, helpin hell makin a diffrance...

The family ,,well man ,,wow,, we may become ,,accepted again??/

i got two e mails today from a brother on site.. goddess bless him,, an all those there..

one is a mass mail,,it can be found all over the web,,,..
just look up aint no party aint no disco rainbow,,

So i wont waste yer time,,..

other was from a brother,i assume its personall cause there wernt the trail of ,addys in the header.. really made my day an id like to share it...

luv n lite..

 

I got the same email hillbilly, and the brother who sent it out (wanderingturnip) called me last night so I could post up all the info. BTW, for anyone who wonders why he didn't call you, it's just cause I'm on the west coast and it was earlier here, lol.

anyway, that email basicly says it all. Also, they need more people down there, and supplies but (and this is a direct quote) NO WATER and NO CLOTHES. They do need Gatorade, and people, lots of people, who are willing to work. Also, turnip's partner is trying to set up a blog on blogspot.com called New Waveland Cafe (they're in Waveland Mississippi, by the way)

umm, that's it, hope this helps! I'll make it into it's own post later maybe, if people think it should be

 

does anyone know if any of the calm folks headed down? any medical support?
i really would love to go down &n do all i can to help, i'm just really brainstorming on how i could plug in most effectively ..i wouldnt want to show up & have it be a too many cooks in the kitchen situation & just get in the way, but if theresa need for someone with no real medical training to help out with calm, doing like a bobo calm or organizing like a database for reconnecting displaced families..i can help there..i've also had some experience with trauma counceling & defusing gang-violence type stuff but all in semi unoficial ways so..i really dont know what or where would be the best way to plug in.. (or how i'd get there yet..)

 

ok...i looked up aint no party aint no disco rainbow and found 2000 sites and not a thing on katrina.....
hmm...maybe if i add katrina to the list....
hmm...brb

 

nope ...didnt work

 

yeah i knew who sent it paix im just not one to exspose someone when they send me a personal e mail whithout there permission,, but i guess that dont bother you...

heres the mass mailing..

To: newwavelandcafe@yahoo.com
> Subject: This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco
> From: "Pronoid Central" <pronoidcentral@excite.com>
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:28:47 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
> This Ain't Not Foolin' Around
>
> RAINBOW FAMILY RELIEF IN FULL GEAR
>
> (FOR WIDE DISTRIBUTION)
>
> Contact:
>
> Arjay Sutton NewWavelandCafe@yahoo.com
> New Waveland Cafe Blog:
> http://newwavelandcafe.blogspot.com/
> Donations: http://tinyurl.com/cqdky
> Cell phones don't work well here.
>
> Greetings from the New Waveland Cafe in the remnants
> of Waveland, MS.
>
> The Rainbow Emergency Management Assembly (REMA) is
> happy to announce that relief efforts are going
> splendidly here in Waveland, MS, thanks to to
> tireless efforts of all volunteers and exellent
> cooperation with authorities at all levels of
> government, the Red Cross, and myriad ad hoc relief
> groups.
>
> Believe it or not, FEMA wants to make us a "pod,"
> whatever that is. (It's a Point Of Distribution,
Arjay. JSB) We'll just do what we've been
> doing: feed, inspire, listen and FEMA can call us
> whatever makes them happy. Many thanks to FEMA for
> providing the wireless internet service I'm using to
> send word out.
>
> Please note: while the New Waveland Cafe needs
> good, experienced, responsible volunteers to meet
> our ever-expanding needs, THIS IS NOT A RAINBOW
> GATHERING--IT IS THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN US
> HISTORY. The area is under Martial Law and an
> 8pm-6am curfew that is strictly enforced. The area
> is extremely toxic having been recently covered by
> some of the nastiest water you've ever imagined.
> CHILDREN SHOULD NOT COME HERE UNDER ANY
> CIRCUMSTANCES.
>
> Volunteers should expect to work long days in
> scorching heat with 90% humidity. We don't need
> extra mouths to feed who are not contributing and
> disruptive elements will be removed immediately. WE
> ARE SURROUNDED BY EVERY KIND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
> OFFICER IMAGINABLE ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT and they
> are all about keeping the peace. We are working
> very well with the National Guard, FEMA, Red Cross,
> Florida Highway Patrol and other agencies I don't
> know about....and we'd like to keep it that way.
>
> Reality check aside, the work is very rewarding and
> it feels good to make a difference. Our sincerest
> thanks go out to all the supporting cast who cannot
> make it to Mississippi but made this possible. We
> tell the folks down here about you every day and
> they send their heartfelt appreciation your way.
>
> The New Waveland Cafe is feeding thousands in the
> coastal community of Waveland in a kind and loving
> Family way. For continuing updates from Waveland,
> please visit our new blog at
> http://newwavelandcafe.blogspot.com/.
>
> For directions to our location, email me.
>
>
> Much Love
> Arjay
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> This message was brought to you by Pronoid Central
> (c). STILL absolutely, positively convinced that
> you are out to help us.

 

The Rainbow Emergency Management Assembly (REMA)
i love it!
thats always been an aspet of rainbow that i both loved & felt we needed more of in the past i've seen so many beautiful rainbow responces to many different situations where the pressent powers that be fell short in theyre rsponce, i remember floods that left contaminated sandbags everywhere & the government spending millions to "research the best way to dispose of a biohazard" meanwhile monthdss went by & the sandbags remained & rainbow folks rolled up theyre sleeves put on some gloves & trucked those bags away & donated em to an organic farm
& the funy thing was..the city tried to stop us from cleanning up a mess they spent millions on with no ressult & we did it in 4 hours for free.
but i'm getting off track (1 hourssleep last night)
it warms my heart to see mobilization on this scale..cause lets face it..natural disasters are going to be getting worse, & more frequent (according to scientists, not only hopi prophesies) & the governments responce will continue to be half assed at best..& the real burdon will fall onto the general public to help out & it will come down to rainbow showing the way to take minimal rescources & add alot of love & return maximum ressults
for awhile now i've been advocating this on a more local scale..i.e. seeing a need & comming together to fill it (i'm guilty of burning out the past year & slacking off in my personal efforts but this has inspired me to continue with renewed energy ) soits really beautiful to see this happening on a larger scale..i really believe we could overcome just about anything if only enough people put theyre energy into it

pease forgive the horrible spelling & random ramblins, i had less then an hours sleep last night & only 2-3 hours the past 4 nights
love & light & keep your beauty shinning bright
together we can change the world