websites for action, education, donations
Iraq
Veterans Against the War
This
is a link to IVAW’s Veteran
Gulf Reconstruction Project to work together with local communities
and rebuild in the wake of one of our nation’s worst disasters.
INCITE
Women
of color organizing women’s health clinics and supporting
organizing work in New Orleans
United Houma Nation
Indigenous
community south of New Orleans hit by Katrina and Rita.
Families
and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
A vital, grassroots, people-of-color-led organization with an
important mission. They have been working in the shelters since the
first week after hurricane Katrina, and have also been active in a
vision of reconstruction.
People’s
Hurricane Relief Fund
A grassroots coalition focused primarily on a grassroots vision
of reconstruction.
Common
Ground Collective
Grassroots
organization working on relief and rebuilding efforts, based in the
Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans.
Mississippi
Workers Center
Direct relief through a grassroots, people-of-color-led,
organization with a long history of important struggle.
Critical
Resistance
Grassroots prison abolitionist organization, with Southern
Regional offices based in New Orleans. Also collaborating with FFLIC
on local relief projects.
People’s
Institute For Survival and Beyond
Vital anti-racist organization, involved in anti-racist workshops
and coalition building. Located in hard-hit East New Orleans.
Institute
for Women and Ethnic Studies
Small New Orleans based advocacy organization dedicated to
improving the sexual and reproductive health outcomes among women and
youth of color through education, training, and advocacy.
Katrina Action Network
Tons
of ideas for solidarity actions you can do from wherever you are.
Color
Of Change
Strengthening
Black America’s political voice.
Four
Directions Solidarity Network
Grassroots
support for indigenous communities of Southern Louisiana.
Back
Street Cultural Museum
Small cultural center located in the heart of New Orleans' Treme
neighborhood dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Black
Mardi Gras.
articles essays analysis
An
Unnatural Disaster: A
Critical Guide for Addressing the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in
the Classroom
A Feminist
Perspective on Katrina by Loretta Ross
Floodlines
Blog
Ongoing
online journal of a native New Orleanian activist and anti-racist
healthcare organizer working in free clinics in post-Katrina New
Orleans.
Left
Turn Magazine
Great
source of information, analysis, and grassroots organizations to
support.
Saving
Our Selves (SOS) After Katrina
A
website created to serve as an information clearinghouse for
Hurricane Katrina’s Relief Efforts.
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
New Orleans and Women of Color: Connecting the Personal and Political by Janelle L. White
An Unfragmented Movement: Interview with Shana Griffin
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