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July 15, 2009
HANO Protest Video
by Jennifer Zdon, The Times-Picayune 

Video: HANO Protest

A group of a few hundred protestors marched in front of the Gentilly offices of the Housing Authority of New Orleans demanding that the housing authority distribute its unused Section 8 vouchers.

http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2009/07/video_hano_protest.html

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The New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice is dedicated to organizing workers across race and industry to build the power and participation of workers and communities. We organize day laborers, guestworkers, and homeless residents to build movement for dignity and rights in the post-Katrina landscape.

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