Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Brad Pitt... Saving the 9th Ward
FEMA? Nope. Presidential Candidates? Nah. Neigboring states? Not a chance. Brad Pitt, people. Brad Pitt.
I must say that I'm very impressed with his "Make It Right" campaign to rebuild the lower 9th Ward in The N.O. He moved his family out to New Orleans to focus on the project and has donated $5 million of his own money to put the project together.
What's most impressive is that the goal of the project is not to gentrify the area for investors, but to build nice homes for the minority families that were displaced in the aftermath of Katrina. In addition, Pitt has employed world reknown architects to design seven different home models, which families will be able to choose from once the homes are sponsored and built.
Check out the makeitrightnola.org to view the floor plans and to see how you can purchase fixtures for donation or donate funds directly to the project.
I have a new found respect for Brad Pitt. For people thinking that he is doing this for publicity, I say---I don't care if he is or not. He's putting his money where his mouth is. Finally somebody is taking a bold step to make things right in New Orleans.
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I am genuinely excited about celebrity activism. Its about time people actually do something other than putting out crappy movies and records.
I am genuinely desappointed in our black actors and citizens for not already doing this!
I am genuinely desappointed in our black actors and citizens for not already doing this!
one could argue that black actors don't work enough to have the resources to do something like this .... but then again, they have voices. and they can call attention to the issue. but then again, maybe their target audiences don't have the resources ... but then again, every little bit counts.
I admire Brad for doing such thing like this. I hope others would help him save the 9th Ward. Try to read Brad Pitt bio. You'll love him more.
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