Picking Up The Pieces: Organizing After Katrina

Posted by: David Gest
Thanks to: David Holtzman

7 April 2006 - 9:00am

Displaced and overwhelmed, three major organizing networks provided immediate aid to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, and began working for long-term, equitable recovery. Will they be able to rise to the human and political challenges?

"The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was a bewildering blur of activity for pretty much everyone on the Gulf Coast, and the grassroots organizing groups of the region were no exception. Organizers and members lost homes and were displaced by the thousands. Others took people into their homes and volunteered at the shelters.

But it didn't take long for them to start doing what they do best -- organizing."

Full Story: Picking Up The Pieces

Source: Shelterforce Magazine, April 6, 2006