Laborfest 2008 Highlights Fight To Re-Open Charity Hospital


www.laborfest.net July 26 (Saturday) 2:00 PM (Free) UCSF (Detailed location will be posted shortly) From New Orleans & Katrina to Public Health Hospitals in The Bay Area (The Struggle to Defend Public Healthcare & Our Hospitals) The fight to reopen the New Orleans Charity Hospital, the largest public hospital in Louisiana will be part of the focus of this educational forum. Not only the Gulf Coast, but also San Francisco with the danger of a major earthquake is under threat by hospital closures. Presenting will be: Brad Ott, Chair Of The Committee To Reopen Charity Hospital Mary Ann Ring, UCSF CUE Local 6, Dr. Jill Atoine UCSF, Dr. Michael Freece St. Lukes Hospital Pediatrics July 27 (Sunday) 2:00 PM (Donation) San Jose State University - Martin Luther King Library Room 255 From The South Bay To New Orleans & The Spirit of 1929 with Videos, Music & Food With screening of Streetcar Stories about the transit strike in New Orleans in 1929. By Michael Mizell-Nelson, speakers on Gulf Coast Reconstruction and The Fight to Reopen Charity Hospital with Brad Ott. For contact call 408-420-5760, mhejazi@calcsea.org http://www.poboyfest.com/history http://www.poboyfest.com/history/vide http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-26/1200637293403... www.SolvingPoverty.com http://neworleanslabormedia.org/health-care-new-orleans:-crisis-catastro...