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A funeral march from the Lower Ninth Ward to Congo Square, French Quarter, on Aug 29 was sponsored by People's Hurricane Relief Fund and other groups. Mardi Gras Indians were present.

http://peopleshurricane.org

A woman stands on the concrete slab where her house once stood.
African dancers
A hearse made its way through the Lower Ninth Ward where some homes are being rebuilt.
On the St. Claude St. Bridge
No Justice, No Peace. Public Housing residents from Survivors Village joined the march at Esplanade.
Jordan and Galvez Streets in the Lower Ninth Ward. The people have marked the street names as the city has not. The lower ninth ward still has no electricity or running water. There are no open stores.
Stepping and Drumming in the Lower Ninth.
A family watches the march from their porch on St. Claude Ave.
On St. Claude Ave.
A man with a cooler on wheels sells cold water to marchers in the Lower Ninth.
The media flocked to every commemorative event.

Important New Orleans Websites:

http://commongroundrelief.org volunteers and donors, check out Common Ground

http://neworleansnetwork.org news and a good calendar

http://katrinaaction.org Katrina Information Network, emergency response network

http://peopleshurricane.org People's Hurricane Relief Fund

http://pisab.org People's Institute for Survival and Beyond

http://neworelansvfp.org New Orleans Voices for Peace; Veterans Issues, Peace Activism and Hurricane Relief

http://nolarises.com news and Information

http://neworleans.indymedia.org Indymeida New Orleans

http://nola.com The New Orleans Times Picyune online

http://kidcameraproject.org Fantastic photos from kids in the neighborhood.

http://wwoz.org Listen online to the great New Orleans jazz station.

http://www.savebigeasy.org/ Project about Levees

http://levees.org

Rebuilding New Orleans

Katrina Anniversary Aug 2006

June 2006

March 2006

 

 

 

  New Orleans and Gulfport, MS Lower Ninth Ward March Hands around the Superdome and other events Gulfport, MS and Common Ground   Common Ground Public Housing Culture Aftermath   People and Houses Common Ground Walkin to New Orleans Vets and survivors march

 

 

Copyright Diane Greene Lent 2006

Copyright Diane Greene Lent 2006

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