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In Wake of Beryl Outage, TMO Demands Action for Most Vulnerable
TMO clergy and local leaders were joined by Patricia Darnauer, executive vice president and administrator of LBJ Hospital, at a press conference held at St. Francis de Assisi Catholic Church.
[Photo Credit: Aswad Walker, Houston Defender]
TMO Leaders Demand Action, Accountability on Slow Hurricane Beryl Response, Houston Defender [pdf]
Religious Leaders Demand Action for Remaining Powerless Homes, Houston Chronicle [pdf]
Survey Shows More Than Half of Families Still Struggling After Beryl, CW39 Houston [pdf]
6:31am Newscast, July 16th , Houston Public Media
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In Wake of Beryl Outage, TMO Demands Action for Most Vulnerable
TMO clergy and local leaders were joined by Patricia Darnauer, executive vice president and administrator of LBJ Hospital, at a press conference held at St. Francis de Assisi Catholic Church.
[Photo Credit: Aswad Walker, Houston Defender]
TMO Leaders Demand Action, Accountability on Slow Hurricane Beryl Response, Houston Defender [pdf]
Religious Leaders Demand Action for Remaining Powerless Homes, Houston Chronicle [pdf]
Survey Shows More Than Half of Families Still Struggling After Beryl, CW39 Houston [pdf]
6:31am Newscast, July 16th , Houston Public Media
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TMO Exige Medidas Para Los Más Vulnerables
Patricia Darnauer, vicepresidenta ejecutiva y administradora del Hospital LBJ, se unió al clero de TMO y a los líderes locales en una conferencia de prensa celebrada en la Iglesia Católica San Francisco de Asís.
[Aswad Walker del Houston Defender tomó la foto de arriba.]
TMO Leaders Demand Action, Accountability on Slow Hurricane Beryl Response, Houston Defender [pdf]
Religious Leaders Demand Action for Remaining Powerless Homes, Houston Chronicle [pdf]
Survey Shows More Than Half of Families Still Struggling After Beryl, CW39 Houston [pdf]
6:31am Newscast, July 16th , Houston Public Media
In Wake of Beryl Outage, TMO Demands Action for Most Vulnerable
TMO clergy and local leaders were joined by Patricia Darnauer, executive vice president and administrator of LBJ Hospital, at a press conference held at St. Francis de Assisi Catholic Church.
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TMO seeks accountability, more aggressive outreach, and transparency so the general public knows what’s going on and collaboration so Harris County residents aren’t running around like chickens with their heads cut off” seeking much-needed resources like food, water, and medicine....
Community and faith leaders joined North Houston residents under the banner of The Metropolitan Organization (TMO) announcing they are in the process of scheduling a meeting with Houston’s Mayor John Whitmire “to discuss the [power] outage, the response to the outage and to look at future activities that need to happen to be proactive so that we can prevent this [in the future].”
“Because we know this is just the first hurricane, early in the season, and we’ve got a long way to go,” said Linda Hollins a TMO leader and member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
But TMO members didn’t wait for the yet solidified meeting date with Whitmire to voice their frustrations over the slow, and in many cases still non-existent, restoration of power to the 180,000 citizens across Houston and Harris County still in the dark, and more specifically residents of the Kashmere Gardens/Fifth Ward community where their press conference convened at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
[Photo Credit: Aswad Walker, Houston Defender]
TMO Leaders Demand Action, Accountability on Slow Hurricane Beryl Response, Houston Defender [pdf]
Religious Leaders Demand Action for Remaining Powerless Homes, Houston Chronicle [pdf]
Survey Shows More Than Half of Families Still Struggling After Beryl, CW39 Houston [pdf]
6:31am Newscast, July 16th , Houston Public Media
TMO Leaders Demand State Legislators Weatherize Power Grid, Provide Relief for Families Struggling with Repairs
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The virtual press conference was organized by the Network of Texas IAF Organizations — a nonpartisan coalition of 10 primarily faith-based organizations across the state that represents more than 1 million people — and The Metropolitan Organization, a Houston-based civic group, to keep public attention on the aftermath of the widespread power outages that occurred earlier this year.
Bob Fleming, a leader with The Metropolitan Organization, an affiliate of Texas IAF, added that the "almost relaxed response" to the disaster, including from Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, has faith leaders worried, especially as their congregations continue to suffer in the aftermath. They had hoped that a plan to provide people relief would be up and running by now, but "no such luck," he said.
"We are trying to get legislators who are busy to concentrate on this matter — to understand the magnitude of the failure, not to minimize it, and to let them know we don't intend to forget," Fleming said.
Texas IAF has thrown support behind Senate Bill 3, which would mandate weatherization under federal energy regulation guidelines. The bill passed on March 29 and now moves to the House. It would also impose penalties for noncompliance, increase coordination among state energy regulating bodies and create an emergency alert system.
"Our families have already suffered enough," said the Rev. Minerva Camarena-Skeith of St. John's Episcopal Church in Austin. "They have paid more than their fair share of the cost for the mistakes of the energy industry and the unwillingness of the legislature to regulate the energy industry.
"As legislation trudges through the legislature, the struggles continue across the state, members of The Metropolitan Organization said during the press conference. The budget strain of paying for repairs, they said, is especially felt by people living in apartments, whose landlords may not cover costs, as well as mobile home park residents and the elderly.
Pipes also burst at the home of Sorina Serrano, who is still waiting for repairs. A leader with The Metropolitan Organization Houston and member of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, Serrano said her home insurance coverage expired in March and other insurers have told her they won't cover the house until the repairs are made.
After Texas' Winter Storm Disaster, Faith Leaders Press For Legislation to Ensure 'Never Again', Earthbeat-National Catholic Reporter [pdf]