Film Katrina - Stories from the lower ninth ward.

Dr. Scott Lypton-Meyers and a group of students at San Jose State University began the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project to help American citizens recover from Hurricane Katrina.

HR 4048: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act was introduced on November 1, 2007. It now has one Sponsor, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and two Co-sponsors, Representative Charles Melancon (LA-D) and Representative Gene Taylor(D-MS).

Please support HR 4048, and tell your representatives to support this bill!

More information on the bill.

Two Year Anniversary of Katrina at SJSU

Filmed and Edited by Estée Blancher, August 29, 2007

CSUMB and the GCCWP.

In the Fall semester of 2007 the Service Learning Institute at CSU Monterey Bay collaborated with students at San Jose State University to create media supporting the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project. Estée Blancher and five Service Learning students from the Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department, also known as TAT, completed two public service announcements and one recruitment video. Please view this work below.

Video PSA

Recruitment Video

To send an E mail to Congress supporting HR 4048: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act. Click Here

To Download Petition Click Here

Contact Dr. Scott Lypton-Meyers: (510) 508-5382 smlipton@sjsu.edu

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