News Roundup
How Katrina Keeps on Hurting
By Neil Peirce, Stateline.org
"The flood waters have receded and residents are rebuilding their lives, but the Bush Administration's failure to take charge of the reconstruction will leave deep scars across the nation."
AN 1878 MAP REVEALS THAT MAYBE OUR ANCESTORS WERE RIGHT TO BUILD ON HIGHER GROUND. ALMOST EVERY PLACE THAT WAS UNINHABITED IN 1878 FLOODED IN 2005 AFTER KATRINA.
By Gordon Russell | Times Picayune
HUD Begins New Orleans Public Housing Revitalization
By Barbra Murray
"WASHINGTON, DC-HUD will initiate its public housing revitalization effort for properties damaged by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans with the rehabilitation of the CJ Peete apartment complex in the city's Uptown area. Over the long-term, HUD expects to spend more than $1.8 billion on various forms of housing assistance--including redevelopment, mold removal and planning efforts--for Katrina victims in the Gulf Region."
Thousands Face Eviction in New Orleans
Judge Delays Evictions
San Francisco Bay View
"The scheme to flush the remaining poor out of New Orleans and grab their land is quickly moving into a new phase with a lockout of public housing tenants. "
FRAMING THE POOR: Katrina, Conservative Myth-Making and the Media
By Tim Wise
"During the flooding of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many a voice praised the media for its supposedly aggressive coverage. The fact that Anderson Cooper cried on camera, or that Geraldo evinced outrage (imagine that), or that even Fox's Shepard Smith waxed indignant at the suffering in the streets, was taken as evidence of some newfound courage on the part of the press."
Rebuilding New Orleans: Twenty Big Ideas and a Postscript
By Gary Esolen and Valeri LeBlanc
"Rebuilding any city is a complicated business. As soon as the flood waters began to subside in New Orleans, suggestions for what to do with a devastated city started coming from everywhere. Two local citizens suggest twenty points of entry."
Katrina Survivors are Losing the Battle to Return Home
By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet.
Two months later, many poor and African American evacuees are returning to find a host of policies stacked against them.
News Advisory:
Urban Planners, Katrina Survivors to Build Shared Vision at ACORN Community Forum on Rebuilding New Orleans;
Contact: Allison Conyers, 202-547-2500, or Kevin Whelan, 985-960-1108, both of ACORN, -- ACORN Rebuilding Alliance convenes in Baton Rouge Nov. 7 to Nov. 8
Displaced New Orleans residents and leading urban planners, architects, and affordable housing specialists will meet in Baton Rouge Nov. 7 to Nov. 8 for the ACORN Community Forum on Rebuilding New Orleans, a two-day conference to develop rebuilding plans for New Orleans that speak to the needs and dreams of the city's low and moderate income residents.
By Neil Peirce, Stateline.org
"The flood waters have receded and residents are rebuilding their lives, but the Bush Administration's failure to take charge of the reconstruction will leave deep scars across the nation."
AN 1878 MAP REVEALS THAT MAYBE OUR ANCESTORS WERE RIGHT TO BUILD ON HIGHER GROUND. ALMOST EVERY PLACE THAT WAS UNINHABITED IN 1878 FLOODED IN 2005 AFTER KATRINA.
By Gordon Russell | Times Picayune
HUD Begins New Orleans Public Housing Revitalization
By Barbra Murray
"WASHINGTON, DC-HUD will initiate its public housing revitalization effort for properties damaged by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans with the rehabilitation of the CJ Peete apartment complex in the city's Uptown area. Over the long-term, HUD expects to spend more than $1.8 billion on various forms of housing assistance--including redevelopment, mold removal and planning efforts--for Katrina victims in the Gulf Region."
Thousands Face Eviction in New Orleans
Judge Delays Evictions
San Francisco Bay View
"The scheme to flush the remaining poor out of New Orleans and grab their land is quickly moving into a new phase with a lockout of public housing tenants. "
FRAMING THE POOR: Katrina, Conservative Myth-Making and the Media
By Tim Wise
"During the flooding of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many a voice praised the media for its supposedly aggressive coverage. The fact that Anderson Cooper cried on camera, or that Geraldo evinced outrage (imagine that), or that even Fox's Shepard Smith waxed indignant at the suffering in the streets, was taken as evidence of some newfound courage on the part of the press."
Rebuilding New Orleans: Twenty Big Ideas and a Postscript
By Gary Esolen and Valeri LeBlanc
"Rebuilding any city is a complicated business. As soon as the flood waters began to subside in New Orleans, suggestions for what to do with a devastated city started coming from everywhere. Two local citizens suggest twenty points of entry."
Katrina Survivors are Losing the Battle to Return Home
By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet.
Two months later, many poor and African American evacuees are returning to find a host of policies stacked against them.
News Advisory:
Urban Planners, Katrina Survivors to Build Shared Vision at ACORN Community Forum on Rebuilding New Orleans;
Contact: Allison Conyers, 202-547-2500, or Kevin Whelan, 985-960-1108, both of ACORN, -- ACORN Rebuilding Alliance convenes in Baton Rouge Nov. 7 to Nov. 8
Displaced New Orleans residents and leading urban planners, architects, and affordable housing specialists will meet in Baton Rouge Nov. 7 to Nov. 8 for the ACORN Community Forum on Rebuilding New Orleans, a two-day conference to develop rebuilding plans for New Orleans that speak to the needs and dreams of the city's low and moderate income residents.
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