Live Aid

I'm quite sure you are informed about the ongoing relief efforts in New Orleans and Mississippi and what you should donate to help the people who are now homeless and don't have any resources.

But I'm going to post below a few donation websites who are accepting monetary contributions, just so you know.

Red Cross

BlackAmericaWeb.com Relief Fund

Austin Helping New Orleans (The good folks in Austin, Texas are helping out anyway they can. God Bless Them.)

KatrinaSurvivors.net (If you are looking for lost family members in New Orleans, Mississippi and elsewhere, check out this website.)

Missing Children (If you are missing your child or children, please peruse this website to find them.)

And for those of you living in the New York region, now is your chance to shine as journalist/activist/humanitarian Kevin Powell is holding a benefit event on Sept. 8. Peep the newsletter below (snatched from cowboyz 'n poodles):

Join Kevin Powell and his special guests as they present a Benefit for New Orleans:

DATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005, CANAL ROOM
PLACE: 285 West Broadway, at Canal Street
(Downtown Manhattan in New York City)
TIME: 7-11 p.m. ET
(21 and over with ID, and please RSVP to cher_harrison@yahoo.com)

Admission is FREE but you MUST bring one or more of the following items for the victims soul survivors of Hurricane Katrina. These items will be loaded onto a big truck in front of CANAL ROOM and driven directly to Claiborne County Health Center in Port Gibson, Mississippi, run by Dr. Demitri Marshall. It is one of the closest rescue and help centers in the New Orleans area and in a position to really get these items to people in need.

PLEASE make sure clothing and shoes and sneakers are new OR clean and in good condition . . .

Clothing for children and adults
Adult shoes and sneakers
Adult socks
Children's shoes and sneakers
Children socks
Bottles of water
Diapers
Baby wipes
Baby food
Baby aspirin
Aspirin
Vitamins
Toilet paper
Sanitary napkins
Portable radios with batteries
Plastic forks, knives, and spoons
Cotton balls
Cotton swabs
Hydrogen peroxide BUT NOT rubbing alcohol, because that is flammable
Band aids
Shaving cream
Male AND female razors
Blankets
Air mattresses
Sheets
Pillows and pillow cases
Gift cards for gas
Wal mart gift cards
Garbage bags
Cleaning supplies
Soap
Toothpaste and toothbrushes
Flashlights
Batteries
Candles
Books for children, including coloring books
Books for adults
Magazines

If you are placing donated items in a bag PLEASE LABEL. For example, Children's shoes or Adult shoes, or Children's clothes or Adult clothes.

We will NOT be taking monetary donations. See information below on where you can send financial contributions. Guest deejays, musical performers, and corporate sponsors to be announced shortly.

Holla!