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Ann Mulgrew, University Minister from Marquette University, looks at the
destroyed Archdiocesan building which housed survivors of domestic violence.
The July 2, 2008, article The Ignored Non-Recovery of New Orleans by Daniel Terdiman from C-Net News.
Updates on the situation in New Orleans by Professor Bill Quigley
6 Months After Katrina
8 Months After Katrina
10 Months After Katrina
One Year After Katrina
Alumni Efforts
Contemplatives in Action is a new ministry being developed by three Jesuit alums in response to Hurricane Katrina and the flooding. Check out their monthly newsletter, the Lifeline or their website www.contemplativesinaction.org for more information.
The St. Bernard Project is a grassroots, non-profit organization that helps Katrina and Rita-devastated families move back home to St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. Co-founder, Liz McCartney, graduated from Boston College and began this work in March, 2006. They completely rebuild gutted out, yet salvageable, houses with volunteer labor and donated building supplies. Check out their website at www.stbernardproject.org
Persevere Disaster Relief is a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status that is committed to assisting communities in the wake of extensive disaster. Started by recent Boston College alum, Bill Driscoll, Jr., the organization is focused on providing assitance in the post-hurricane recovery efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. As of June, 2007, Persevere has begun to wind down their efforts. For more information, go to www.perseverevolunteers.org
Online Resources
NOLA.com is a comprehensive website launched in January 1998, in affiliation with The Times-Picayune, the largest circulation daily newspaper in Louisiana. Through a content sharing agreement, NOLA.com receives daily, automated feeds from the paper for local news, sports, weather and classifieds.
NOLA.com features news and information about New Orleans people, places, and things to do. It includes daily news, sports,entertainment, classifieds, business, travel, health, weather, chat, and more. In addition to content provided by The Times-Picayune, through its own editorial staff and licensing agreements, NOLA.com carries up-to-the-minute AP wire reports, a comprehensive entertainment calendar, Family and Health sections, chat rooms, and interactive forums. It also leads the industry in its use of live streaming media, including live, produced shows from Web Cams placed strategically throughout the city.
This news team received the 2006 Pulitzer Awards for Public Service and Breaking News.
The Gambit Weekly is Louisiana's largest weekly newspaper published by Gambit Communications, Inc. Here are three recent articles:
The Brookings Institution traces its beginnings to 1916, when a group of leading reformers founded the Institute for Government Research (IGR), the first private organization devoted to the analysis of public policy issues at the national level.
Monthly indices with up-to-date data on urban concerns are available beginning in January of 2006. The Year in Review is exceptional.
Advancement Project, the New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition, and the National Immigration Law Center recently released the most comprehensive documentation of post-Katrina worker conditions to date. This report, titled "And Injustice for All: Worker's Lives in the Reconstruction of New Orleans," is a compilation of personal narratives based on more than 700 worker interviews that raise the voices of New Orleanians struggling to return and of reconstruction workers, all of whom are attempting to survive in the face of inequitable and unjust policies and practices of both public and private institutions.
The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) offers a forum for energetic dialogue and discussion that builds stronger communal solidarity, both within various regional institutions and national apostolic sectors. The formation of this solidarity among unversities and colleges, high schools, parishes and other Jesuit affiliated organizations promotes and strengthens justice-related advocacy work throughout the nation.
View pictures and learn more about what other Jesuit schools and ministries have been able to do in New Orleans!
Multi-media Presentations
The New Orleans Times Picayune has an excellent, clear explanation of the sequence of events which resulted in the flooding of New Orleans by Katrina. This is a Flash presentation with interactive graphics.
In October of 2005, Marquette University was among the first to volunteer with Catholic Charities in New Orleans. Their days of accompaniment are chronicled in this multi-media presentation "Katrina Works."
The slide-show video "City of Ruin" depicts the devastation and suffering of the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Katrina.
"What Katrina Did" is a 9-minute video tribute to the communities of people in New Orleans and the Gulf Region that were deeply affected by Katrina. The slide show was created to celebrate Women's History Month and was first released at Marquette University on April 1, 2006, at the Women's Leadership Conference.