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Disaster, Response and Renewal

Remembering Katrina to Prepare for the Future

Ten years ago, from a hotel room in Chicago, I watched a real life horror show being televised live by CNN and other networks, as not a single governmental agency, local, state or federal was able to connect the dots necessary to save the hundreds of lives lost during the storm known as Hurricane Katrina.

Disaster, Response and Renewal

Ten Years Later: Gulf Coast Communities Commemorate Hurricane Katrina

(photo: Evans family home in the Turkey Creek neighborhood of Gulfport, MS, by Leah Mahan)

From now through the end of August, communities across the Gulf Coast will come together in order to commemorate ten years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Below are some of the scheduled events:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st - SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd

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"Katrina/Sandy” brings together stories about crisis and renewal

Katrina spawned a whirlwind of creative storytelling. While I worked for eight years to finish a documentary I started before the storm, I worked with others to find new ways to document community change.

Troubled Waters: Derrick Christopher Evans on Hurricanes and Huracán

Did Closing the Large Housing Projects in New Orleans Create a Spike in Crime and Violence?

By Dr. Lance Hill, crossposted from Justice Roars. One of the post-Katrina policies touted as a way of reducing poverty and crime was to demolish most of the large housing projects and disperse the poor throughout the city (and the nation).

Poverty Skyrockets in New Orleans: 65% of Black Children Under Age of Five Living in Poverty

By Lance Hill. Crossposted from Justice Roars. On September 22 the Census Bureau released information from their 2010 annual American Community Survey based on a poll of 2,500 people in New Orleans.