{"id":7422,"date":"2020-05-01T17:59:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T17:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arielsheen.com\/?p=7422"},"modified":"2020-06-01T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:06:08","slug":"data-from-floodlines-community-and-resistance-from-katrina-to-the-jena-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielsheen.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/data-from-floodlines-community-and-resistance-from-katrina-to-the-jena-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Data from Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"title\" class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/arielsheen.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/data-from-floodlines-community-and-resistance-from-katrina-to-the-jena-six\/517h0fnlrl-_sx327_bo1204203200_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arielsheen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/517H0fNLRL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=329%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"329,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Floodlines Community and Resistance\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arielsheen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/517H0fNLRL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arielsheen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/517H0fNLRL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=329%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arielsheen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/517H0fNLRL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=329%2C499&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arielsheen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/517H0fNLRL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg?w=329&amp;ssl=1 329w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arielsheen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/517H0fNLRL._SX327_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 85vw, 329px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p id=\"title\" class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-extra-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eEfog9\">Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six<\/a> <\/span>contains extensive information about the post-Katrina social movements that blossomed in the cracks, some indigenous and some that descended upon crisis-striken city as an opportunity to spread their ideology. Below is data from Jordan Flaherty&#8217;s accounting.<\/p>\n<p>APPENDIX I<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizations in the Struggle for Post-Katrina Justice <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Below are some of the initiatives that inspired this book. More in- formation about most of these groups and their work is available elsewhere in these pages. This list is limited to organizations currently in existence at the time of publication, and is not meant to be definitive. Websites or addresses are listed when applicable. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advocates for Environmental Human Rights <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Works for the cause of environmental justice as a human right. www.ehumanrights.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Fighting Chance\/NOLA Investigates <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Investigations for the defense in capital cases. www.nolainvestigates.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>African American Leadership Project <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Agenda building, policy analysis, strategic dialogue, and consensus building. www.aalp.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda for Children <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Policy work for children\u2019s rights. www.agendaforchildren.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legal struggles for civil rights. www.laaclu.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Friends Service Committee of New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizing against the cradle-to-prison pipeline and other campaigns. www.afsc.org\/office\/new-orleans-la<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Men United for Change, Justice and Equality <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grassroots organizing among Black men from New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children\u2019s Defense Fund of Louisiana <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National child advocacy organization\u2014in New Orleans, conducts Freedom Schools, among other projects. www.childrensdefense.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Ground Relief Collective <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Short-term relief and long-term rebuilding support. www.commongroundrelief.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>267 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>268 FLOODLINES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Ground Health Clinic <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to providing free, quality health care for New Orleans. www.commongroundclinic.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Resistance New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prison abolition organization. www.criticalresistance.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deep South Center for Environmental Justice <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Environmental justice organization based at Dillard University. www.dscej.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Dissent <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White antiracist group in New Orleans, affiliated with the People\u2019s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Families and Friends of Louisiana\u2019s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizes among family members of incarcerated youth. www.fflic.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finding our Folk <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raising the voices of displaced New Orleanians. www.findingourfolk.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fyre Youth Squad <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young people organizing for better schools. www.myspace.com\/1fyreyouth<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legal struggles against housing injustice. www.gnofairhousing.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innocence Project New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Represents innocent prisoners serving life sentences in Louisiana and Mississippi. www.ip-no.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institute for Women and Ethnic Studies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sexual and reproductive health justice among youth, women, and people of color. www.iwesnola.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A collective working to free Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the two members of the Angola Three who remain in prison. www.angola3.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legal and organizing work to reform juvenile justice. www.jjpl.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louisiana Justice Institute <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legal advocacy for civil rights and facilitation of a wide range of social justice campaigns in New Orleans and across the state. www.louisianajusticeinstitute.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loyola Law Clinic <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legal clinic representing indigent clients. www.law.loyno.edu\/clinic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make It Right <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded by Brad Pitt to rebuild housing in the Lower Ninth Ward. www.makeitrightnola.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPENDIX I: SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS 269 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayday New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizing for public housing justice. www.maydaynolahousing.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N\u2019COBRA) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Orleans chapter of national alliance working for reparations. www.ncobra.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nation of Islam\u2014New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rebuilding and antiviolence work in the city. www.noineworleans.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Network of neighborhood organizations in New Orleans. www.npnnola.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans Food &amp; Farm Network <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Food access organization. www.noffn.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans, Louisiana Palestine Solidarity (NOLAPS) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizing and activism for awareness of Palestine, linking struggles in New Orleans with the Middle East. http:\/\/nolaps.blogspot.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans Tenants Rights Union <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizing tenants to create concrete improvements in their situation as renters. http:\/\/nolatru.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans Workers\u2019 Center for Racial Justice <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building worker power, advancing racial justice, and organizing to build a social movement in post-Katrina New Orleans. www.nowcrj.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO\/AIDS Task Force <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Services and advocacy for HIV-infected individuals. www.noaidstaskforce.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents Organizing Network <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supports parents in taking a powerful role in the creation of excellent public schools. www.nolaparentsguide.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>People\u2019s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Antiracist community organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social transformation. www.pisab.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resurrection After Exoneration <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Works to reconnect exonerees to their communities and provide access to those opportunities of which they were robbed. www.r-a-e.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>ReThink: Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students reforming the school system post-Katrina. www.therethinkers.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safe Streets\/Strong Communities <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Campaigns for a new criminal justice system in New Orleans. www.safestreetsnola.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>School at Blair Grocery <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to the growth and development of young minds in the Lower Ninth Ward of New<\/p>\n<p><strong>270 FLOODLINES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orleans. http:\/\/schoolatblairgrocery.blogspot.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay Local! New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supports local businesses. www.staylocal.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students at the Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A writing and digital-media program for students in New Orleans public, non-charter high schools. www.sacnola.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Survivors Village <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former public housing residents in New Orleans struggling for housing justice. www.communitiesrising.wordpress.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Education for social justice consciousness. www.loyno.edu\/twomey<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNITY of Greater New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A collaborative of sixty agencies working with homeless people in New Orleans. www.unitygno.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans<br \/>\n( VAY L A )<br \/>\n<\/strong>Empowering Vietnamese American youth through services, cultural enrichment, and social change. www.vayla-no.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>VOTE: Voices of Formerly Incarcerated Persons <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building the political power of people most impacted by the criminal justice system. www.vote-nola.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Health &amp; Justice Initiative (WHJI) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A radical feminist of color, anti-violence, justice-based organization. The New Orleans affiliate of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. www.whji.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women With A Vision <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health care justice for women from at-risk and socially vulnerable communities. www.wwav-no.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTS, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SPACES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2-Cent Entertainment <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grassroots youth filmmaking collective. www.2-cent.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artspot Productions <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theatre and arts organization. www.artspotproductions.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ash\u00e9 Cultural Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Black-owned cultural and community space. www.ashecac.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPENDIX I: SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS 271 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Backstreet Cultural Museum <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cultural center preserving the history and culture of Black Mardi Gras. www.backstreetmuseum.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Book Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African and African American-centered bookstore and community space. www.communitybookcenter.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craige Cultural Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community space and cultural center in the Algiers neighborhood. 1800 Newton Street, New Orleans, LA 70114<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guardians of the Flame Cultural Arts Collective <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preserving New Orleans\u2019s Black Mardi Gras cultural traditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>House of Dance and Feathers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lower Ninth Ward space dedicated to preserving New Orleans culture. www.houseofdanceandfeathers.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iron Rail Bookstore and Infoshop <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anarchist infoshop and lending library. www.ironrail.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Islamic Shura Council of Greater New Orleans <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organization of New Orleans\u2019s Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junebug Productions <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African American Arts company, preserving the civil rights traditions of the Free Southern Theatre. http:\/\/junebugproductions.blogspot.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender<br \/>\nCommunity Center of New Orleans<br \/>\n<\/strong>Builds, strengthens, and unifies the Greater New Orleans area LGBTQ community. www.lgccno.net<\/p>\n<p><strong>McKenna Museum of African American Art <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dedicated to New Orleans African American art. www.themckennamuseum.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mondo Bizarro <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creates original, multidisciplinary art and fosters partnerships in local, national, and interna- tional communities. www.mondobizarro.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neighborhood Gallery <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exposure and support for artists. www.theneighborhoodgallery.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neighborhood Story Project <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Works with writers in neighborhoods around New Orleans to write and publish books about their communities. www.neighborhoodstoryproject.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>272 FLOODLINES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans Kid Camera Project <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uses photography training and support to help young people express themselves. www.kidcameraproject.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>PATOIS: The New Orleans Human Rights Film and Arts Festival <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organizes events, amplifies local voices, and builds community at the intersection of arts and social justice. www.patoisfilmfest.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Porch Cultural Organization and Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Community-based organization using the arts to effect social change. www.theporch-7.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An alliance of the city\u2019s social aid and pleasure clubs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tambourine and Fan <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Works with young people in the Treme community to pass on New Orleans art and culture. Treme Community Center, 1600 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA, 70116<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tekrema Center for Art and Culture <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>African American community space in New Orleans\u2019s Lower Ninth Ward. www.thetekremacenter.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Film and arts space in Central City New Orleans. www.zeitgeistinc.net<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER SOUTHERN AND GULF COAST SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friends of Justice <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supports struggles against injustice in criminal cases across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. www.friendsofjustice.wordpress.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institute for Southern Studies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nonprofit research center working to bring lasting social and economic change. www.southernstudies.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami Workers Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building working-class community power in Miami. www.theworkerscenter.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mississippi Immigrants\u2019 Rights Alliance (MIRA) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advocacy organizing and education for immigrants\u2019 rights. www.yourmira.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mississippi Workers Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grassroots worker advocacy. 213 Main Street, Greenville, MS, 38701<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizing in the Trenches <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded by Caseptla Bailey and Catrina Wallace, family members of one of the Jena Six, to continue struggles for social justice. PO Box 831, Jena, LA, 71342<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPENDIX I: SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS 273 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project South <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta-based movement building organization. www.projectsouth.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southerners On New Ground (SONG) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Envisioning a world where the third-shift factory worker and the drag queen at the bar down the block see their lives as connected and are working together for liberation. www.southernersonnewground.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take Back the Land <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miami-based collective empowering the Black community to determine how to use land for the benefit of the community. www.takebacktheland.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATIONAL ALLIES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Advancement Project <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A civil rights law, policy, and communication \u201caction tank.\u201d www.advancementproject.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catalyst Project <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White antiracist collective based in California. www.collectiveliberation.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Center for Constitutional Rights <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uses law for social justice struggles. www.ccrjustice.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>ColorofChange <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Online resource for racial justice organizing. www.ColorofChange.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities. www.incite-national.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malcolm X Grassroots Movement <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defending human rights and promoting self-determination. www.mxgm.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advocacy for a human rights vision in the United States. www.nesri.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rainbow Push Coalition <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Religious and social development organization led by Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. www.rainbowpush.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right to the City Alliance <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Movement-building alliance of community-based organizations. www.righttothecity.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>US Human Rights Network <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building links between organizations to promote U.S. accountability to universal human rights standards. www.ushrnetwork.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>V-Day <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded by Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler to stop violence against women and girls. www.vday.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LETTER FROM THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS TO OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 15, 2006<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cherice Harrison-Nelson, director and curator, Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame; Royce Os- born, writer\/producer; Greta Gladney, fourth- generation Lower Ninth Ward resident; Corlita Mahr, media justice advocate; Judy Watts, Pres- ident\/CEO, Agenda for Children; Robert \u201cKool Black\u201d Horton, Critical Resistance; Jen- nifer Turner, Community Book Center; Mayaba<\/p>\n<p>Liebenthal, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Critical Resistance; Norris Hender- son, co-director, Safe Streets\/Strong Communi- ties; Ursula Price, outreach and investigation coordinator, Safe Streets\/Strong Communities; Evelyn Lynn, managing director, Safe Streets\/Strong Communities; Shana griffin, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Min. J. Kojo Livingston, founder, Liberation Zone\/Destiny One Ministries; Shana Sassoon, New Orleans Network Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans; Althea Francois, Safe Streets\/Strong Communities; Malcolm Suber, People\u2019s Hurricane Relief Fund; Saket Soni, New Orleans Workers\u2019 Justice Project; Nick Slie, I-10, Witness Project, co-artistic director, Mondo Bizarro; Catherine Jones, organizer and co-founder, Latino Health Outreach Project; Jennifer Whitney, coordinator, Latino Health Outreach Project; S. Mandisa Moore, INCITE! Women of Color New Orleans ; Aesha Rasheed, project manager, New Orleans Net- work; Dix deLaneuville, educator; Rebecca Snedeker, filmmaker; Catherine A. Galpin, RN, FACES, and Children\u2019s Hospital; Grace Bauer, Families and Friends of Louisiana\u2019s Incarcerated Children; Xochitl Bervera, Families and Friends of Louisiana\u2019s Incarcerated Children; Bess Car- rick, producer\/director; John Clark, professor of philosophy, Loyola University; Diana Dunn, People\u2019s Institute for Survival and Beyond, European Dissent; Courtney Egan, artist; Lou Furman, Turning Point Partners; Ariana Hall, Director, CubaNOLA Collective; Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, historian, writer, and lecturer, New Orleans and Mississippi Pine Belt; Susan Hamovitch, filmmaker\/teacher, NYC\/New Orleans; Russell Henderson, lecturer, Dillard University and organizer, Rebuilding Louisana Coalition; Ms. Deon Haywood, events coordi- nator, Women With A Vision Inc.; Rachel Herzing, Critical Resistance, Oakland; Rev. Doug Highfield, Universal Life Church, Cherokee, AL; Joyce Marie Jackson, PhD., Cultural Researcher, LSU Dept. of Geography &amp; Anthropology, and co-founder of Cultural<\/p>\n<p>Crossroads, Inc., Baton Rouge Elizabeth K. Jeffers, teacher; Dana Kaplan, Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana; Vi Landry, freelance jour- nalist, New Orleans\/New York; Bridget Lehane, European Dissent and People\u2019s Insti- tute for Survival and Beyond; Karen-kaia Liv- ers, Alliance for Community Theaters, Inc.; Rachel E. Luft, assistant professor of sociology, Department of Sociology, University of New Orleans; Damekia Morgan, Families and Friends of Louisiana \u2018s Incarcerated Children; Ukali Mwendo, hazardous materials specialist, NOFD, president, Provisional Government\u2014 Republic of New Afrika\/New Orleans, LA, former resident of the Lafitte Housing Devel- opment; Thea Patterson, Women\u2019s Health &amp; Justice Initiative; J. Nash Porter, documentary photographer and co-founder of Cultural Crossroads, Inc., Baton Rouge; Gloria Powers, arts project manager; Bill Quigley, Loyola Pro- fessor of Law; Linda Santi, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans; Tony Sfer- lazza, director, Plenty International NOLA; Heidi Lee Sinclair, MD, MPH, Baton Rouge Children\u2019s Health Project; Justin Stein, neigh- borhood relations coordinator and community mediator, Common Ground Health Clinic; Audrey Stewart, Loyola Law Clinic; Tracie L. Washington, Esq., co-director, Louisiana Justice Institute; Scott Weinstein, former co-director of the Common Ground Health Clinic; Melissa Wells, New Orleans resident; Jerald L. White, Bottletree Productions; Morgan Williams, Student Hurricane Network, co-founder; Gina Womack, Families and Friends of Louisiana\u2019s Incarcerated Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pledge in Support of a Just Rebuilding of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and the U.S. Gulf Coast <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizations Endorsing: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Action Coalition for Racial, Social, and Environmental Justice\u2014University of New Orleans; Advancement Project; Advocates for Environmental Human Rights; C3\/Hands Off Iberville; Caffin Avenue Church of God; Coastal Women for Change; Common Ground Health Clinic; Community Church Unitarian Universalist\u2014New Orleans; Emerging ChangeMakers Network; Families and Friends of Louisiana\u2019s Incarcerated Children; Homeless Action Team of Tulane University (HATT); Jesuit Social Research Institute, Loyola University; Junebug Produc- tions; Katrina Rita Diaspora Solidarity; Loyola<\/p>\n<p>University Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; Louisiana Justice Institute; Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engage- ment and Development; Lower 9th Ward Homeowners\u2019 Association; Mayday New Orleans; Mennonite Central Committee\u2014 New Orleans; Mississippi Center for Justice; Mondo Bizarro; Moving Forward Gulf Coast, Inc.; National Economic and Social Rights Initia- tive (NESRI); New Orleans Palestine Solidar- ity; New Americans Social Club (New Orleans Holocaust Survivors Organization); PATOIS: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival; People\u2019s Institute for Survival and Beyond; Poverty &amp; Race<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Research Action Council; Pyramid Community Parent Resource Center; Southern Institute for Education and Research; Survivors Village; US Human Rights Network; Zion Travelers Cooperative Center<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six contains extensive information about the post-Katrina social movements that blossomed in the cracks, some indigenous and some that descended upon crisis-striken city as an opportunity to spread their ideology. Below is data from Jordan Flaherty&#8217;s accounting. 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