Helping Communities Affected by
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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Check out the new report "One Year after Katrina: The State of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast," published by Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, a project of the Institute for Southern Studies. [8/28/06] |
- Appalachian Community Fund - Community-Based Hurrican Relief - an wide-ranging collection of links prepared by the Appalachian Community Fund.
- Building Movement - Hurricane Katrina Grassroots Relief Efforts - links complited by BuildingMovement.org
- Common Ground Collective - Common Ground's mission is to provide short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area. Click on their "how you can help" link for information on volunteer opportunities, how to donate, etc.
- Cooperative Development Foundation - The Katrina Cooperative Recovery Fund: For the Benefit of the Cooperative Community of Alabama, Louisiana & Mississippi
- Donations for the Latino Community in Shreveport, Louisana:
Director of Hispanic Ministry
C/O Sister Dolores Sanchez
3500 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71104
Items needed: Clothes, underwear, socks, chap sticks, plastic storage containers, school supplies, back packs, shoes of all sizes, telephone calling cards, toiletries...
- Finding Our Folk Tour - January 14-February 5, 2006. High school and college students using education, documentation, healing, and organizing to reconnect individuals, families, and communities scattered by Katrina.
- Four Directions Relief Project - Working in solidarity with Native American Communities in Louisiana
- Grassroots/Low-income/People of Color-led Hurricane Katrina Relief - an extensive list of links compiled by the Sparkplug Foundation
- Gulf Coast Environmental, Racial, Social & Economic Justice & Solidarity Tour - sponsored by the Southwest Workers Union, Project South, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and Grassroots Global Justice Alliance; November 2-5, 2005.
- The Nation - A Guide to Grassroots Charities
- The Jewish Fund for Justice and the Shefa Fund - Katrina Redevelopment Fund
- People's Hurricane Relief Fund - sponsored by the Vanguard Foundation and Community Labor United
- Southern Empowerment Project - Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery - an extensive list of links compiled by the Southern Empowerment Projects
- Southern Partners Fund - Justice Fund for Katrina Relief and Renewal
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