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This week on PBS nationwide, Academy Award-winning director Jonathon Demme will and Travis Smiley will present a week-long series on post-Katrina New Orleans called "Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward."
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Please support Jonathon Demme, Common Ground Relief and residents of the Lower 9th Ward by tuning in and spreading the word!

Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward: in Part 1, "Hurricane Winter," Jonathan Demme and Tavis visit with New Orleans residents Antoinette K. Doe, Pastor Mel Jones and Brandon Darby.

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Michael Franti will be hosting an upcoming socially conscious reality program on cable television featuring interviews with Common Ground volunteers and Lower 9th Community residents.

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New Orleans, LA (December 14, 2006) –With evictions looming, residents of the Woodlands apartment complex in Algiers will be asking New Orleans City Council members to turn the commitments of assistance made on November 2 into homes before January 4, 2007. A press conference will be held Thursday at 9:30am outside City Hall.

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Contact: Soleil Rodrigue, Legal Coordinator, 504-717-7324
Don Paul, Chief Operations Coordinator, 504-421-2706

Woodlands Residents Win Reprieve from Holiday Season Evictions

New Orleans, LA (November 28, 2006) – Shouts of jubilation broke out today at the Algiers Courthouse when it was announced that tenants of the Woodlands Apartment complex would be able to remain in their homes rent-free until January 4th. This is being seen as a partial victory as the tenants will be able to spend the holidays at home, but will still be worried about where they will be living in the New Year.

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New Orleans, LA (November 28, 2006) - Over 100 families are under threat of eviction from the Woodlands apartment complex in the Algiers area of New Orleans. Tenants will be fighting this eviction in Second City Court, at the Historic Algiers Courthouse on Tuesday, November 28. At 9:00am a demonstration is planned at the courthouse. Residents and Common Ground volunteers will be available to talk with the press. The court hearings will begin at 10:00am.

WHERE:Second City Court, at the Historic Algiers Courthouse
WHEN:Tuesday, November 28 at 9:00am map

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