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Go to ColorOfChange.org, sign the digital petition. You should not opt-out of updates, but you can safely do so if you're a regular around here. I will be posting whatever updates come my way. This reminder stays at the top of the page for about a week.

Our sisters and brothers were left behind to die, because no one answers to them.
It's time to stand together and make a change.

Politicians ignore poor Black folks because they can't make big donations or deliver votes. And, to be real: a whole lot of "us" have tip-toed out of the hood and left them behind too, making our folk invisible even to us.

But they weren't invisible after Katrina hit. The media showed us faces we recognized. People who looked like us. People doing everything they could to save their families. People surviving, not "looting." And the more we looked, the more we knew—it didn't have to be like that.

This government NEVER would have left rich, white people to die.

If there were ever a time to step up, that time is now.

We are asking 250,000 African-Americans and concerned allies to make a commitment. To ensure that our brothers and sisters are protected, and that they are never left behind again. To make sure that our folks in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have a chance to be a major part of the rebuilding effort, and that they are given a chance to thrive. To ensure that Bush cannot use this crisis as yet another way to fatten the pockets of his friends and supporters, and further erode our government's support for those that need it the most.

No matter what your race or income level, you know what you saw was wrong.

We are calling out to all people, regardless of race, who are ready to stand up for justice. Let's all become the color of change.