Celebrity Charities
New Orleans Residents Sue Brad Pitt Foundation: Celebrities and Disaster Relief
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Brad Pitt’s foundation is sued for the poor state of housing that his “Make It Right” group helped to build in the wake of Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina
Mayor-to-Mayor Disaster Exchange Backed by Open Society Foundations
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The philanthropic response to Puerto Rico post–Hurricane Maria has come in many shapes. This one connects mayors of cities that have faced similar circumstances as they seek to not just recover, but rebuild with sustainability and equity after disaster.
Hurricane Katrina
Lessons from New Orleans Post-Katrina: Addressing Equity Threats in Rebuilding
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New Orleans’ experience should give Houston a lesson on some things not to do when rebuilding.
Risk Management
Sorting Nonprofit Risk and Uncertainty
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Taking an informed risk as a nonprofit is very different than living in the midst of uncertainty but the at the same time nonprofits can take steps inform themselves on risk they can prepare themselves to weather the far-end possibilities of an unpredictable environment. This practical article explains what those steps are.
rebuilding and redevelopment
A Public-Private Redevelopment Project Rises from the Lingering Horrors of Katrina
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New Orleans’s new Columbia Parc neighborhood is built atop the St. Bernard Projects, one of four major public housing complexes Hurricane Katrina demolished.
Nonprofit News
New Orleans Provides Dubious Case Study For Market-Based Education
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Can the marketplace solve the problems of unequal and inadequate education? The experiments in New Orleans and Detroit offer little comfort.
architecture
New Orleans Nonprofit Bicycle Event Traces Water Flow and Makes Vivid the Need for Change
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As a New Orleans architect says, keep the water in: A proposed new water plan might better the environment while saving 11 billion dollars in costs.
Nonprofit News
Tempering Philanthropic Triumphalism: Nonprofits Give Voice to the Other New Orleans
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The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, along with some intrepid New Orleans nonprofits, are keeping the public’s attention focused on the continuing challenges of recovering from Hurricane Katrina, including the devastating poverty afflicting the city’s black population that has gotten worse rather than better during the past 10 years.
Hurricane Katrina
“Come Hell or High Water”: A Don’t-Miss Moment of Reflection for Social Justice Activists
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In recognition of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s strike on the Gulf Coast, NPQ would like to recommend this multi-faceted documentary about organizing for place and environmental and racial justice in an environment that’s anything but post-racial.
The Cohen Report
Katrina 10 vs. Katrina Truth: Sharply Contrasting Visions of the New Orleans Recovery
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Competing narratives have developed about the recovery of New Orleans, post-Katrina. On one side, city authorities and major institutions portray a largely positive dynamic; on the other, grassroots advocates see the recovery as having damaged low-income people and the black community.