A Plea for Louisiana

Denver Nobles of Meaningful Minds in Louisiana writes that his organization is in great need, and that "the need is totally both money and bodies." He writes: "Either organizations have a human interest at hand and want to do what they possibly can from the person-to-person perspective or they have funding that will allow them to direct dollars that are used for the philosophy of that organization."

"The one thing we have realized in Louisiana is that all of our allies—national organizations with offices in Louisiana, any national grassroots organizations with mental health ties to Louisiana, national legal organizations that can address basic human and civil rights, national funding sources—have a network that should help us capitalize on what limited resources we have. The ground zero level is an opportunity to bring successful programs to duplicate, and any visions that have not been reached could be reached in Louisiana.

"I am asking for help. I will answer questions, research answers, whatever it takes to get us the help we deserve. Especially when the federal government is saying for the first time that a state has to repay the financial assistance received after a disaster.
"The national level needs to be informed from the grassroots level."

Denver Nobles can be reached at lafayetteredneck@yahoo.com, revnedselbon@hotmail.com, meaningfulminds@yahoogroups.com, MentalHealthVoicesofLa@groups.msn.com.

Posted by Susan Rogers