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| Roosevelt Relief: Hurricane Katrina
Roosevelt Relief
This semester, the Michigan Chapter has developed a new, semester project titled Roosevelt Relief: Hurricane Katrina. In addition to working hard on individual projects, our centers will join in an effort to produce policy that seeks to provide aid and innovative solutions to a community in need. Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. coast in August of 2005, bringing the sixth-strongest Atlantic storm ever to American soil and causing $81.2 billion dollars in damage. Now, over a year later, local, state and national leaders are calling for new legislation to attack unanswered problems in the region. Therefore, we want to produce civil liberties, economic, healthcare, environmental, education, and international policy that will address and hopefully solve the issues faced by post-Katrina communities. Through the upcoming months, we will hold events on campus to help educate and involve our student body. In addition, we will work to collect donations and raise money. At the end of the semester, we plan on being able to present a book of policy and a significant donation to charities dedicated to implementing our ideas and helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Get excited! This is finally an opportunity to make a positive and effective change through policy.
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