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Stepping Out On Faith
Donate | other articlesTo our Common Grounders--volunteers and donors and collaborative friends--as always, we need money to keep it going. We've had an amazing year and now with Make It Right at our doorstep and a training program in the works, we're still busy doing what needs to be done and we need your help.
We hope you'll read our end of year letter and make a donation to Common Ground. Starting January 1st, Common Ground, utilizing its new non-profit status, will become an independent entity and all the work will be done, on the ground in the Lower 9th Ward. We think this is an exciting time and we hope you'll continue to journey along with us.
Seattle Times Profiles Former Common Ground Volunteers
other articlesLogan Price, former site coordinator, media volunteer & 7th Ward Shelter worker and Nick Simmons, former tech coordinator are profiled in the Seattle Times. They talk about their work with Common Ground and the state of New Orleans.
Nick and Logan's website here
Story and photo from Seattle Times
Desolation row: The Betrayal of New Orleans
other articles | media collectiveby Andrew Buncombe
As published in The Independent
NEW ORLEANS--Less than three miles from the bustling bars of the French Quarter and the casinos of Canal Street, lie block after block of ruined homes, shattered lives and broken promises. Eighteen months after Katrina struck, New Orleans has barely begun to recover. Andrew Buncombe reports from the city that America forgot
Published: 09 March 2007
Jennifer Johansen's belongings have been safely packed up by the movers. She has said goodbye to her friends. This morning she will close the door on her yellow-painted house, take a taxi to the airport, and leave New Orleans for ever for a new life in Seattle.
Nine Times Parade
Events | other articles | Upper 9th WardNine Times celebration in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. Nine Families from the 9th Ward's Desire Housing Project.
The Nine Times Social Aid and Pleasure Club slowly rebuild their Club after Katrina hit in 2005. Most of their members were scattered all over the US. Now they are happy to be home and they celebrate and say thanks for all their blessings.
They have also written a book about their childhood in the Ninth Ward's Desire Housing Project.
"Coming Out The Door For The Ninth Ward" by Nine Times Social and Pleasure Club is a delight, published in 2006 by Neighborhood Story Project.
The parade was a wonderful experience and a joy to watch and participate in. The spirit of the New Orleneans will stay forever!
Media Collective Equipment Wishlist
other articles | media collectiveCommon Ground Relief volunteers who work on media projects are struggling to document the ongoing relief and rebuilding work in New Orleans.
We have put together a list of specific equipment that would radically alter our ability to offer more consistent, higher quality media from New Orleans!
