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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

WEB RESOURCES: Katrina Amnesia

Organizations:

The Louisiana Justice Institute

Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights

National Association of Katrina Evacuees (N.A.K.E.)

United Houma Nation

Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana

The Ms. Foundation for Women

National Coalition for Black Civic Participation

Center for Social Inclusion

Kirwan Institute on Race and Ethnicity

Coastal Women for Change

Reports

“The New Orleans Index: Tracking Recovery in the Region” (The Brookings Institution, August 2007)

Women’s Media Center Katrina Campaign: New Study Explores the Aftermath for Women (July 2007)

One-Year Reinterview for the Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group (Harvard Medical School, April 2007)

GulfGov Reports: A Year and Half after Katrina and Rita: An Uneven Recovery (Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, April 19, 2007)

Bringing Louisiana Renters Home: An Evaluation of the 2006-2007 Gulf Opportunity Zone Rental Housing Restoration Program (PolicyLink, June 2007)

Center for Social Inclusion's Fact Sheet

Report Card on New Orleans Recovery (Center for Social Inclusion, June 2007)

In the News

Gulf Coast Kids of Every Class Affected by Katrina (USA Today: August 15, 2007)
Businesses Try to Rebuild After Katrina (Washington Post: August 22, 2007)
Survey: Post-Storm Mental Health Worsens (Washington Post: August 21, 2007)
More than 1.1 Million Volunteers Have Responded to Katrina: More are needed (PR Newswire, August 21, 2007)

Blogosphere

Bush's FEMA Again Lifting Wrong Finger for Katrina's Families (My Direct Democracy blog, August 21, 2007)
Katrina 2-Years Later: Bill Moyers Coverage (Cuz I'm Just a Bill blog, August 19, 2007)
Katrina's Aftermath: 2 Years Later Shelters Shink, Homeless Ranks Grow (Knowledge Plex blog, August 19, 2007)
America's Shame: Two Years After Hurricane Katrina (By the Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Countercurrents blog, August 9, 2007)
Two Years Later - New Orleans (Video Tour of a New Orleans Town 2 years later, Udall Legacy Bus Tour Blog, August 18, 2007)

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