NFAND Episode 67 - Howard Jordan & Humanitarian Cheat Sheet
Episode 67 is the great Howard Jordan - he's a perfect match for today's times and Puerto Ricans.
Fierce and gracious both, the Mayor of San Juan. It appears true the administrations don't care if we die. It is so grotesque and real, it's unbelievable. So much so that you don’t believe it at first. Rats working behind the scenes, colluding, arguing, imposing bureaucratic paperwork before humanitarian urgency, lying, confusing the people, letting them rot so to speak. But then you see it, and it is nauseating. Words don’t come easy. I’m tense, irritable, working very hard to stay the course, sifting through emails and feeds looking for stuff, reading what is being said. I think all Puerto Ricans are adapting to everything being different. This Cheat Sheet keeps changing but it’s still made to help people. And, although I cannot foresee what the future holds in terms of people's behavior and their accountability to projects, in the whole I know people here are decent and they want to work hard. So go at it knowing the task will get done.
Maria Tech Brigade - Puerto Rico Tras el Paso del Huracán María Google doc. Jason Suarez Portland OR María Tech Brigade / jason@suarez.email GIS, programming, spreadsheet etc Diasporicans.com | We have data on donation centers around country etc. If you know organization that has need for volunteers (we have over 200 people) please contact Connect Worldwide | Register
Llamada Diaria - Red de Apoyo Mutuo Post María Gmail: apoyomutuopr@gmail.com | Twitter: @PRapoyo OJO:
Maritxel Carrero -father director of Mayaguez Medical Center (no water, 50% capacity) -Milton D Carrero - 410 Hostos Ave, Mayaguez PR 00680
Jennifer Concepcion | Center for Disease Control - ypi@cdc.gov They are in contact with folks on the ground in Puerto Rico for the first time. Focusing on water treatment
Karen Vega coordinates services to connect people without a home with social services. She stops working on Oct. 17 and will offer pro bono services to people arriving in US with medicaid, shelters, etc. | Her words: Are there any social workers getting organized? Bilingual social workers are needed here. Buscan gente joven buscando empleo. No pagan bien pero pagan. Mucho trabajo pero tiene su satisfacción porque van ayudar gente. puertorico.newyork.sw@gmail.com
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Rosa Cruz-Cordero - get on her list - rc1941@hunter.cuny.edu - monthly newsletter via Hunter College about news and events.
ACTIONS: Denise Solis / Bay area / 510-224-6692 / tallerbombalele@gmail.com / National DAY OF ACTION Oct 4th - calling out for forgiveness of debt, downtown Oakland, also something at LA (Merrill Lynch building) More info. on Facebook. We want all major cities to come out on Oct 4th. David Galarza, organizer Relieve/Rebuild Puerto Rico—New York | Release the relief
Cancel the Debt | Cancel Jones Rally next week at Folley Sq. Wednesday Oct 4th at 12PM | Independent Coalitions | Foundations for Maria Hurricane Relief
Carmelo Anthony Puerto Rico Relief - The Players Tribune Casa Pueblo - casapueblo.org - Very respected organization. Casa Pueblo is a self-managed community project that is committed to appreciating and protecting natural, cultural and human resources. They have helped protect the municipalities of Adjuntas, Utuado, Lares and Jayuya since 1980. Casa Pueblo has road clearing brigades as well as distributing goods. Email: mariolarosario@gmail.com
Efecto Sombrilla - efectosombrilla.org | Contact Tara: tara@efectosombrilla.org Uniting efforts of farmers around the island, have centers in Miramar Hato Rey ready to accept seeds, etc. Any help, ideas, contacts to get the sustainable agriculture back on their feet contact Tara
EcoKit Duffle for Puerto Rico – EcoKit Duffle | Yarani Del Valle Piñero (facebook), Aris Mejias, and Isa Gandia, Organizers | Thru isercaribe.org the EcoKit Duffle initiative delivers eco-friendly survival materials. Yarani works and collaborates with several organizations and coalitions on the island.
Giving Solar Light to Puerto Rico - John Leguizamo solar4pr.org La Cucina - If you are seeking to communicate with community based efforts working on the ground in PR: Landline at “La Cucina” with solid and direct communication in Hato Rey, PR: 787-767-9862 Good place to leave information and receive small donations for specific people / organizations. They are helping decentralize resources, information, etc. Email: Eduardo Caro / ejecaro@gmail.com
Pregones / Teatro Rodante Puertorriqueño – Pregonesprtt.org – Relief Drive for Artists Join Pregones in helping Puerto Rican artists with their peer-to-peer relief drive. Because the arts are VITAL in the reconstruction of our nation!#ArtistsPR #Relief #P2P http://pregonesprtt.org/you/donate/
Proyecto Enlace del Caño Martín Peña - martinpeña.org The Trust Tierra del Caño Martín Peña won the UN-Hábitat For A Better Urban Future World Prize in 2016.
Puerto Rico x Puerto Rico - Prxpr.org The founding partners and leaders of the PRxPR Fund are five highly respected, senior Puerto Rican born and raised business professionals who bring diverse extensive US and international experience in key areas of operations, legal, financial, technology, government, and marketing. All monies raised by PRxPR Fund will be disbursed based on criteria determined by official expert authorities on the ground and their vetted needs assessment. We will work closely with trusted local organizations to ensure that we provide relief in a way that will have maximum impact on the neediest communities in PR.
Puerto Rico Rises - puertorriquenos.nuevayork@gmail.com - Puerto Rico Rises
Creating a line of distribution completely separate from PR government/municipalities. They have trucks, drivers, logistics coordinator, containers, and 300 volunteers in the island waiting to start. Seeking 20 volunteer coordinators to be trained and spread around the island as lead coordinators. PPR trucks are going to be tracked, they have 11 security companies that are joining to protect everyone’s security. PPR needs contact with Municipalities and 20 leaders. We are almost there. OCT 8 Event - transmitted globally Puerto Rico Lights up… from Holland to Columbia, transmitted on FB simultaneously. Silent Vigil OCT 21 Event Global Drive in 50 cities - Puerto Rico Rise up also transmitted FB simultaneously Somos Una Voz - Somos Una Voz - a bunch of celebrities, a combined force of over 1billion followers, joined Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez’s alliance.
Susie Ran Kim - Solar & Connection to Puerto Rico - From the Go Fund Me page | The two back to back hurricanes have bisected the entire island- leaving so many people with destroyed homes, little access to water, gas, electricity and all forms of communication. Immediate needs are power, clean water, and connectivity. My name is Susie Kim. I am a co-founder and Artistic director for Newfilmmakers Los Angeles and have been producing the science and art documentary Bifrost into the Aurora which is based out of Puerto Rico for the past 3 years. By luck, I was in Los Angeles when the hurricanes hit Puerto Rico, watching everything go down. Since then, I've been able to maintain communications with our production team, our friends, and the university students to understand how to best help. Together with friends, families, and support from our community in the US, we are organizing together to address the immediate needs of the island which is energy, connectivity and clean water.
Taller Salud - www.tallersalud.org - Taller Salud is a community-based, feminist grassroots organization that works for the integral well-being of girls, young women and adult women, targeted primarily at low-income communities. Since 1979.
Voices for Puerto Rico – Voicesforpuertorico.com – arts and culture - This is another crew of Latino celebrities and influencers who join Mariem Pérez, Carlitos Ruíz, and Adriana Teresa Letorney to aid and support relief efforts.