Red Cross Deployment
10.09.2005A fundamental personal tenet: in the times of catastrophe my primary goal is to offer practical assistance. In the case of Katrina survivors that means assisting in providing meals, water, shelter and other basic needs.
So I signed up for a two week hardship volunteer stint with the Red Cross. I don’t know where they will send me.
I should be back before October 1, 2005. If I am able to use my cell phone, Ona Marae will post updates about my experiences / whereabouts during the next several weeks.
During my time in the Gulf Coast, Nick Kiddle and Ona Marae will share with you their words of wisdom. I feel grateful to them for agreeing to blog during my absence. I will do my best to have them continue when I return.
And sometime soon, when she has a free moment (!), Jennifer Gee, one of my most thoughtful commenters will blog here as well. My only request to her is that she discuss, among the many topics at which she is expert, what it means for to live a the B in LGBT…..
Thank you to the three of you. You’ll be in my thoughts as I make my way down South. And a very big heartfelt thank you to the Divine Ms. H.