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| Rebuilding New Orleans | Katrina Anniversary Aug 2006 |
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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 |
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Sat. Aug 26, Hands Around the Superdome, sponsored by African American Leadership, brought out hundreds of Survivors in spite of a downpour. |
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Musicians were always on hand for commemorative events. |
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Welcome Back |
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Survivors of the Superdome link hands around the arena and remember what happened there. |
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renew orleans is a popular slogan for t-shirts. |
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Forget Iraq, rebuild at home. |
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This is the rain that struck when I was 2 blocks from the Superdome, causing me to miss most to the event. |
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The Children's Village of Healing was moved inside to the City Council Chambers. |
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Dancers, Children's Village of Healing |
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Kids hope to get on TV at the Youth Stop the Violence March. I heard many say that they were looking for Spike Lee. |
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Youth Stop the Violence march. New Orleans has seen a resurgence of crime and shootings. This march is headed for Center City where 5 teens were killed in one incident. |
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Bishop Diana Williams, a hurricane survivor on the Hear Me Now tour at the Holy Temple Faith Baptist Church in Treme, New Orleans. The tour went through the Gulf Coast and was sponsored by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation |
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Local women at the Hear Me Now event |
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Marc Morial, former Mayor of New Orleans, addressed the Hear Me Now event. I saw him earlier at Hands Around the Superdome. |
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Antoine's, a famous New Orleans restaurant in the French Quarter held a street fair and served free jambalaya and red beans and rice. |
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Antoines provided a band. |
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Rhythm and Roots was a musical happening at Congo Square on Sunday |
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Another brass band |
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Men danced and had a great time at Congo Square. This is the type of event that we all go to Nawlins for. |
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| Rebuilding New Orleans | Katrina Anniversary Aug 2006 |
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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
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