I am teaching the below class on Hurricane Katrina this spring at PSU. If you know any PSU students, please pass the information along.
Hurricane Katrina
BST 411/511 CRN 64412
Spring 2009
Portland State University
Black Studies Department
Tuesdays 5:30 – 9:10 pm
Instructor: Walidah Imarisha
This course will explore the situation in the Gulf Region in connection to Hurricane Katrina, focusing on New Orleans. Students will be challenged to explore Katrina as an “unnatural disaster,” looking through the lenses of race, class and gender inequality. A brief survey of the history of the region will explore one survivor’s statement that “It has been a state of emergency down here for about 500 years; you all are just noticing now.” We will end the class looking at local work to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Region.
Upcoming Hurricane Katrina Class
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