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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2014, 08:00 AM Dec 2014

How Fear Of Occupy Wall Street Undermined the Red Cross' Sandy Relief Effort

http://www.alternet.org/environment/red-cross-feared-occupy-wall-street-after-hurricane-sandy



In the days after Superstorm Sandy, relief organizations were overwhelmed by the chaos and enormous need. One group quickly emerged as a bright spot. While victims in New York's hardest hit neighborhoods were stuck in the cold and dark, volunteers from the spontaneously formed Occupy Sandy became a widely praised lifeline.

Occupy Sandy was "one of the leading humanitarian groups providing relief to survivors across New York City and New Jersey," as a government-commissioned study put it.

Yet the Red Cross, which was bungling its own aid efforts after the storm, made a decision that further hampered relief: Senior officials told staffers not to work with Occupy Sandy.

Red Cross officials had no concerns about Occupy Sandy's effectiveness. Rather, they were worried about the group's connections to the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.
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How Fear Of Occupy Wall Street Undermined the Red Cross' Sandy Relief Effort (Original Post) xchrom Dec 2014 OP
how can redcross management justify their huge pay if elehhhhna Dec 2014 #1
I know plenty of people who were helped by OS as opposed to the Red Cross, simply msanthrope Dec 2014 #2
 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
2. I know plenty of people who were helped by OS as opposed to the Red Cross, simply
Sun Dec 21, 2014, 09:34 AM
Dec 2014

because of the logistics---OS was on Staten Island long before the Red Cross was. They have nothing but good things to say about those "kids."

And these are hardcore Republicans.

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