| 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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August, 2006: Jaribu Hill of the Mississippi Workers Center at a FEMA trailer park in Gulfport
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Victoria Cintra, coordinator of MIRA, an organization that serves immigrants is angry about the trash that is never picked up at a FEMA trailer park.
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Vicki and Jaribu talk about the people's struggles on the Gulf Coast.
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Donna Banks, Coordinator of the Common Ground Women's Center. Donna stayed in New Orleans and fed people from her home for 4 days until she and her son had to evacuate. “I can hear the babies crying, the mothers crying, the fathers crying, I see it all over, it makes me hold my son.”
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Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground laughs with Michelle Shin who coordinated the opening of a health clinic in the Lower Ninth Ward.
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The crew that built the health clinic pose for photographs at the opening event of the clinic. |
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Alice Kerney,center, and Patricia Boskent, right, made their dream of a clinic in the Lower Ninth a reality. The two nurses worked together at Charity Hospital, which remains closed. After the storm they met up and planned the clinic. They partnered with Common Ground and the clinic was launched on August 28 on St. Claude Ave. |
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The clinic's doctor poses with medical supplies. |
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Patricia Boskent and Daniel Williams, clinic founders. |
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Everywhere, women are hugging. |
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Men too. |
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City Council President Oliver Thomas |
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Lunch included chicken, cornbread and red beans and rice. Common Ground volunteers serve. |
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One thing there is no shortage of in New Orleans is brass bands. This one played at the clinic opening event. |
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Common Ground volunteers of the Lower Ninth Ward's Blue House. |
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 |
| Rebuilding New Orleans | Katrina Anniversary Aug 2006 |
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June 2006 |
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March 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