Info on Pagan Groups Assisting the Gulf Coast and Katrina Survivors.

Today, Pagan groups are the focus of DUer Plaid Adder's 40 part series on organizations assisting in the recovery and healing of the Gulf Coast.

Please help to keep the thread (linked below) visible by offering a kick or a recommendation, and of course, if you have the ability to donate, please also consider that as well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x706786#707557

Plaid has listed a number of links, including one to a piece by Starhawk, "A Pagan Response to Katrina" from September, 2005.

Here is an excerpt:
"But ordinary people of all faiths have responded to this disaster with caring and compassion, with massive donations and relief efforts, and with shock and rage at a government which so completely fails to embody the values of human decency and respect for life that it claims to represent.

The Goddess does not punish us, but she also doesn’t shield us from the logical consequences of our actions. Katrina’s destructive power was a consequence of a human course that is contemptuous of nature. A Native American proverb says, “If we don’t change our direction, we’re going to wind up where we’re headed.” Katrina shows us a glimpse of that awful destination."