FYI: Habitat Extra from Habitat for Humanity International

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Education for Liberation! Venceremos Unidos!

Peter S. López aka:~Peta-de-Aztlan~

Email: peter.lopez51@yahoo.com 

http://twitter.com/Peta51

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Come Together! Join Up! Seize the Time!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/

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http://humane-rights-agenda.blogspot.com/

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From: Habitat for Humanity <extra@habitat.org>
To: Peter S. Lopez <peter.lopez51@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, October 27, 2009 9:11:52 AM
Subject: Habitat Extra from Habitat for Humanity International

	October 2009 News Habitat volunteer named "Ultimate Volunteer" Tom Gipson, a Habitat volunteer and professional homebuilder in Raleigh, North Carolina, was selected as the grand prize winner of The Ultimate Volunteer Contest sponsored by ABC's "The View." New book about Habitat inspires young readers If I Had a Hammer: Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity, written by David Rubel, is a nonfiction book for readers ages 9 and up. It includes a foreword by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an afterword by HFHI chief executive officer Jonathan Reckford. The book is for sale at http://www.habitatstoreonline.com/. Register for Collegiate Challenge Collegiate Challenge is Habitat's year-round alternative school break program that offers students ages 16–25 the opportunity to work with a U.S. affiliate to help eliminate poverty housing. Students from throughout the United States and Canada can connect with new people in new places and make a meaningful difference through Collegiate Challenge! Volunteers make the difference Around the world, Habitat volunteers are fundraisers and advocates for the mission. View a slideshow that highlights how you can volunteer. Get Involved with Habitat Ease the worldwide housing crisis! Your 2009 Housing Crisis Appeal gift will help low-income families throughout our global community escape substandard and poverty housing. Please be generous today to help us meet the demand for decent, affordable shelter. Donate now! Tell Congress to pass the SLUM Assistance Act Today, 1 billion people live in slums, and that number is growing rapidly. Urge your legislators to support the SLUM Assistance Act--a bill that calls on President Obama to help establish and implement programs that create sustainable urban development and give essential services and infrastructure to the poor. Habitat Success Story From a house to home A mother in New Zealand builds a new house—and friendships.	Q&A: Youth, education and housing Find out how education and housing go hand-in-hand in this month's Q&A. Housing Statistic 50 percent and five years: minimum down payment and maximum term of mortgage to buy a house in the 1920s in the United States.1 Subscribe Was this e-mail forwarded to you by a friend? Sign up for Habitat Extra via our Web site. Learn about Habitat - Local affiliates - Read our site index Partner with Habitat - Donate online - Job opportunities - Volunteer programs - Be an advocate - Social Web sites - More e-newsletters
1Source: Habitat for Humanity's Shelter Report 2010 To contact us: Habitat for Humanity International 121 Habitat Street Americus, GA 31709-3498 ©2009 Habitat for Humanity® International. All rights reserved.