Help New Orleans Justice Center

From The Guardian - Stranded:

For 12 years the Justice Center in New Orleans campaigned for poor inmates facing the death penalty. Now it has been completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Clive Stafford Smith, the human rights lawyer who founded it, says hope is also lost for scores of its clients.

Read the story, then go to the Justice Center site. They can use your help:

In order to set up a temporary office we need the following:

• Office space: a substantial amount of office space has already been donated by the Gulf Region Advocacy Center;
• A new server, with back up tape drive capable of recovering and maintaining our data;
• Remote server hosting to allow broadband access to our files for staff at the temporary office and those who are still located in other states;
• Desktop or lap top computers for 8 staff to work on;
• Three laser printers;
• A copier machine;
• Desks and chairs for 10 staff (half of this has already been donated by the Gulf Region Advocacy Center);
• Office supplies – pads, pens, filing cabinets, hole punches, staplers, highlighters, post-it-notes – you name it, we need it;
• Phone and fax lines and an internet connection and networking;

Due to the urgent need for the offices to regain access to the server and its data we have made arrangements to have our data restored and a new server established. This will end up costing about $9,000 and has been put on a credit card. The Gulf Region Advocacy Center, itself a cash strapped non-profit, has already generously donated office space and some office furniture, as well as a fax machine.

We would also be grateful to receive assistance for our staff who are now homeless and have lost their possessions.

If you are able to donate goods, services or cash or have any questions about the Justice Center please contact us: Richard Bourke, rbourke@thejusticecenter.org or Christine Lehmann, christinel@theusticecenter.org, or make an on-line donation.

(link via Talk Left)

(bonus link goes to an evacuation report from New Orleans resident and editor Jordan Flaherty, via Creek Running North)