Laborfest 2008 held in San Francisco every July 5 has invited Brad Ott, of the Committee To Reopen Charity Hospital to two events on the issue. One will be in San Jose and the other in San Francisco.

1) An interview with a woman whose home in the 9th Ward was completely destroyed by Katrina's flood. She now faces eviction, having to leave her FEMA trailer.

2) The Gulf Coast Construction Career Center has been training New Orleans Residents to enter building trades apprenticeship programs to improve their families lives and to rebuild their city.