Picking Up The Pieces: Organizing After Katrina

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?

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April 7, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT

By David Gest

"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."

Thanks to David Holtzman

FULL STORY: Picking Up The Pieces

Thursday, April 6, 2006 in Shelterforce Magazine

Community / Economic Development United States

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