New Orleans ACORN Lead Organizer Stephen Bradberry and UN Independent Expert Dr. Arjun Sengupta to discuss the rights of hurricane survivors from New Orleans
October 27, 2005 (Press Release) --
United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty, Dr. Arjun Sengupta, will meet with Stephen Bradberry, an economic rights activist and Lead Organizer of the New Orleans Office of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and members of the ACORN Katrina Survivors Association (AKSA) on October 28th, 2005 at 3:30 at Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge (8470 Goodwood Boulevard) to discuss problems now faced by the New Orleans's displaced poor.
“The people of New Orleans want to come home and rebuild their communities,” says Steve Bradberry. “International law—specifically the ‘UN Guidelines on Internal Displacement’—says that the city’s dislocated residents have a right to return, and to have a voice in the recovery process. But under current policies, these rights are not being respected.”
Bradberry also points out that, “In order to have a voice, low and moderate income families must have access to their own neighborhoods, temporary shelter near their homes, and first access to jobs in the reconstruction process, under fair wages and conditions.”
Dr. Sengupta and his UN delegation, at the invitation of the US government, will meet with government officials and civic leaders, like Mr. Bradberry, to study how high levels of poverty have come to exist in the United States, a highly advanced industrialized economy. His visit from October 23rd to November 8th 2005 will include visits to migrant worker camps in Immokalee, FL, the devastated communities of the Gulf Coast and a visit next week to Capitol Hill.
Since Hurricane Katrina hit, Stephen Bradberry has worked tirelessly to coordinate help for those affected by the storm from ACORN’s temporary headquarters in Baton Rouge. ACORN is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families working together for social justice and stronger communities.
Through organizing the ACORN Katrina Survivors Association (AKSA), Bradberry hopes to unite survivors spread across the country to have a real say in how their communities are rebuilt. He is working to assure New Orleans poor have a right to return to their city, the means to take care of themselves and that their concerns are treated with fairness and dignity.
Dr. Arjun Sengupta is the Independent Expert of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the question of human rights and extreme poverty. In its resolution 1998/25, the UN Commission on Human Rights, deeply concerned that extreme poverty continued to spread throughout the world, regardless of economic, social or cultural situations, decided to appoint an independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty.
Where: Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge,
8470 Goodwood Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA
Meeting Scheduled for 3:30pm with Press Conference to follow.
Mr. Bradberry and Dr. Sengupta are also available for interviews.
To speak with Stephen Bradberry, please contact,
Jeffrey Buchanan, (202) 463-7575 ext 241
To speak with Dr. Sengupta, please contact,
Michelle Evans, (917) 613-0502 or Ulrich Halsteen 004-179-444-4702
Source: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
“The people of New Orleans want to come home and rebuild their communities,” says Steve Bradberry. “International law—specifically the ‘UN Guidelines on Internal Displacement’—says that the city’s dislocated residents have a right to return, and to have a voice in the recovery process. But under current policies, these rights are not being respected.”
Bradberry also points out that, “In order to have a voice, low and moderate income families must have access to their own neighborhoods, temporary shelter near their homes, and first access to jobs in the reconstruction process, under fair wages and conditions.”
Dr. Sengupta and his UN delegation, at the invitation of the US government, will meet with government officials and civic leaders, like Mr. Bradberry, to study how high levels of poverty have come to exist in the United States, a highly advanced industrialized economy. His visit from October 23rd to November 8th 2005 will include visits to migrant worker camps in Immokalee, FL, the devastated communities of the Gulf Coast and a visit next week to Capitol Hill.
Since Hurricane Katrina hit, Stephen Bradberry has worked tirelessly to coordinate help for those affected by the storm from ACORN’s temporary headquarters in Baton Rouge. ACORN is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families working together for social justice and stronger communities.
Through organizing the ACORN Katrina Survivors Association (AKSA), Bradberry hopes to unite survivors spread across the country to have a real say in how their communities are rebuilt. He is working to assure New Orleans poor have a right to return to their city, the means to take care of themselves and that their concerns are treated with fairness and dignity.
Dr. Arjun Sengupta is the Independent Expert of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the question of human rights and extreme poverty. In its resolution 1998/25, the UN Commission on Human Rights, deeply concerned that extreme poverty continued to spread throughout the world, regardless of economic, social or cultural situations, decided to appoint an independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty.
Where: Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge,
8470 Goodwood Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA
Meeting Scheduled for 3:30pm with Press Conference to follow.
Mr. Bradberry and Dr. Sengupta are also available for interviews.
To speak with Stephen Bradberry, please contact,
Jeffrey Buchanan, (202) 463-7575 ext 241
To speak with Dr. Sengupta, please contact,
Michelle Evans, (917) 613-0502 or Ulrich Halsteen 004-179-444-4702
Source: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
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