Letter to Pres. Bush on the Katrina Plan for Regional Rebirth.

September 7, 2005

The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

A small group of concerned leaders in the environmental, civil rights, and economic justice community have developed the Katrina Plan for Regional Rebirth. Enclosed is our comprehensive national mobilization plan to turn the Katrina Disaster into a model for solving some of the most urgent problems you face as President.

Our plan is not designed to alleviate the immediate suffering of millions of people in the region surrounding New Orleans, Louisiana as a result of Hurricane Katrina. You and other leaders are already rallying the American people to meet these most urgent needs.

This bold plan is for the long-term, to rebuild the disaster region economically, ecologically and spiritually. It draws upon the power of America's most revolutionary ideas -- problem-solving concepts "whose time has come." While focusing on the future of the disaster region, our plan is consistent with your call for a domestic "ownership society."

It will demonstrate to the world how Americans, when challenged with extreme poverty and hopelessness, can respond with compassion and justice. Further, it will show how the untapped technological and financial potential of America's private sector can help launch a project on a scale dwarfing that of Roosevelt's Manhattan Project, Truman's Marshall Plan, or Kennedy's Race to the Moon.

Most important, this plan will take advantage of a long-neglected source of financing for the rebuilding of the region as a model for sound ecological and infrastructural study, assessment, planning and development. This low-cost funding source is not dependent on taxpayer support or ownership-concentrating financing methods, nor does it require existing savings of domestic and foreign investors.

The Katrina Plan will also send a powerful message to the growing number of people around the world who blame America unfairly for the economic and social conditions that breed global terrorism. Mr. President, we believe you have an historic opportunity to address this crisis in a way that will promote prosperity, freedom and peace through justice in the world. We urge you to consider seriously and act boldly on our proposal. I know of no more lasting legacy you could leave to America and, by example, to the world.

	September 7, 2005 The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: A small group of concerned leaders in the environmental, civil rights, and economic justice community have developed the Katrina Plan for Regional Rebirth. Enclosed is our comprehensive national mobilization plan to turn the Katrina Disaster into a model for solving some of the most urgent problems you face as President. Our plan is not designed to alleviate the immediate suffering of millions of people in the region surrounding New Orleans, Louisiana as a result of Hurricane Katrina. You and other leaders are already rallying the American people to meet these most urgent needs. This bold plan is for the long-term, to rebuild the disaster region economically, ecologically and spiritually. It draws upon the power of America's most revolutionary ideas -- problem-solving concepts "whose time has come." While focusing on the future of the disaster region, our plan is consistent with your call for a domestic "ownership society." It will demonstrate to the world how Americans, when challenged with extreme poverty and hopelessness, can respond with compassion and justice. Further, it will show how the untapped technological and financial potential of America's private sector can help launch a project on a scale dwarfing that of Roosevelt's Manhattan Project, Truman's Marshall Plan, or Kennedy's Race to the Moon. Most important, this plan will take advantage of a long-neglected source of financing for the rebuilding of the region as a model for sound ecological and infrastructural study, assessment, planning and development. This low-cost funding source is not dependent on taxpayer support or ownership-concentrating financing methods, nor does it require existing savings of domestic and foreign investors. The Katrina Plan will also send a powerful message to the growing number of people around the world who blame America unfairly for the economic and social conditions that breed global terrorism. Mr. President, we believe you have an historic opportunity to address this crisis in a way that will promote prosperity, freedom and peace through justice in the world. We urge you to consider seriously and act boldly on our proposal. I know of no more lasting legacy you could leave to America and, by example, to the world.
	Respectfully yours, Norman G. Kurland, President Center for Economic and Social Justice Enclosure. cc. The Hon. Walter E. Fauntroy Dr. Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D. William Redding, Jr., Sierra Club
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