January 24, 2006

Finding Our Folk Tour

High school students from McClymonds in Oakland and Galileo in SF will be traveling to the Katrina ravaged Gulf Coast to remember, learn about and bring back information on the destruction and rebuilding efforts. The Fnding Our Folk project/tour is a multi-city effort, but a send off for the Oakland representatives is being sponsored by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Community Works, YELL Project, McClymonds High School, and the Gardner Center.

Wednesday, February 1st, 7-9pm

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

344 40th Street, Oakland


disaster planning, education, environmental justice

September 21, 2005

Collection of Katrina Articles

An attempt to keep up with/archive some of the many articles on the planning of New New Orleans and the economic, education, and community impacts of Hurricane Katrina.

CalPoly is hosting an international symposium on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Regeneration Planning on Nov.3-5 in San Luis Obispo. Email to attend and for more info: crp@calpoly.edu

American Diaspora Mapped

Boston Globe: The City That Will Be

CNN: Katrina Hits Louisiana Schools Hard

Globe and Mail: Rebuilt City Likely to be a lot smaller - and whiter

Grist:

Information Aesthetics: New Orleans Info Graphics Post

Knowledgeplex Article:

LA Times: Among the Ruins, Something to Build On

Nola.com: Hurricane Tax Aid Does More for Wealthier Survivors

NY Times:

Salon.com: "The Entire Community is Now a Toxic Waste Dump"

SF Chronicle: Provide Mobility, Not Just Mobile Homes

Stratfor: New Orleans: A Geopolitical Prize

TomPaine - Uncommon Sense: A Phoenix from the Mud

Transportation: Lessons From Katrina: What A Major Disaster Can Teach Transportation Planners

Urban Institute:

Washington Post: Bush Proposes Vouchers for all Displaced Students


disaster planning, environmental justice