The civic action group MoveOn is enlisting the aid ofcelebrities to publicize its online housing location service. TimRobbins, Green Day, John Cusack, and REM are among the actors andmusicians who have joined the effort to find housing for victims ofHurricane Katrina.
“As a band, we felt that promoting the service is essential —literally a matter of life and death,” said Michael Stipe of REM.In addition to appearing in public service announcements, theartists are promoting the housing effort with links on their websites.
In creating the web site, http://hurricanehousing.org, MoveOnasked its 3.3 million members and the public to post any availablehousing for the thousands of people left homeless.
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