I was stranded in my Back Bay Biloxi apartment during the storm because I had fallen asleep watching the news the night before. The only thing that woke me the next morning (August 29th) was the sound of a transformer blowing up. It was too late, well here it is almost two years later and my new husband and I do not have a place to live. I was told ( Read more... )

It's been one year since the disaster hit the gulf coast. Now BET.com investigates Hurricane Katrina. We take a look at the nation's response and what progress has been made to restore the area.

See it here

Two upcoming actions in New Orleans, sponsored by Survivors Village, (www.survivorsvillage.com) will challenge the federal government and city of New Orleans to uphold the United Nations "Guiding Principles of Internally Displaced People ( Read more... )

Wet Bank Guide

Remembering Katrina, Envisioning New Orleans

I'm on a team of University of New Orleans students whom have organized and prepared this site for the historical preservation of New Orleans and surrounding communities impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

Please, take the time to contribute your stories, images, or other media files here~mcraven ( Read more... )

Gulf Coast Slaves

Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino
workers to clean up after Katrina -- only to mistreat them and throw them
out without pay.

( Read more... )

Mardi Gras Rocks!
For Hurricane Katrina and Rita
November 12!
From 4 pm to 1 am
Tickets are $4 in advance and 5 at the door
Featuring.............
Disciples of groove
Leeds kin
Dave Smith Project
Real cool yeah
Chaser
Da Pact
True Rumors

Come on costume!
Prizes and fun!
Beads will be sold at the door!

Contact me for more info!!

Hello community members and all everywhere..,

I would like to share with you a zine called "The Open Source Classism, Racism, and Sexism Project: Hurricane Katrina, The Blogosphere And Corporate Media... "White People Find, Black People Loot." Zine #2 (second edition with updates from all over the world) of this new not-for profit zine (independent ( Read more... )

I've just started an forum in support of New Orleans which covers various New Orleans items including books music relating to New Orleans ( Read more... )

Greetings all,

We have created an online dbase of shelters. It can be used to help people search for loved ones where KatrinaList.net fails, and it can be also updated with real time data to assist with efficient allocation of resources ( Read more... )