Prometheus 6

I'm lifting this entire from rootwork the rootsblog. He's out of New Orleans and so with  Rudy at Chickenbones has been keeping a close watch on the arts community.

National Coalition for Black Civic Participation: As we have seen in the recent fiasco, it is TIME for us to build and strengthen our community based organizations. I write you this email for two particular reasons. The first reason is to thank you the work, prayers and contributions that each of you have made to our communities down south. The second reason is to ask each of you to support and spread the word about all of the great grassroot efforts that are currently underway in our community.