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Common Ground Relief History

Common Ground Relief (CGR) was founded on September 5, 2005 by Malik Rahim, Sharon Johnson, and Scott Crow in the aftermath of Katrina.

Common Ground Relief and Baton Rouge Community College's Green Job Placement

Common Ground Relief cultivates environmental and community stewardship in Southeast Louisiana to help residents not only survive but thrive

Grand Bayou Grass Planting with Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha Village

Marsh Restoration at Grand Bayou

Josh Benitez Links New Orleans Culture to Coastal Restoration

Story by Jeff Young at newsweek.com Our very own Josh Benitez was recently featured as a Planet Hero on Newsweek’s Better Planet....

Rewriting the Disaster Narrative in New Orleans through Collaboration and Community

Today, locals in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward call the Bayou Bienvenue Wetlands Triangle a “ghost swamp.”

Into the Mud: A Marsh Planting with Common Ground Relief

Though it was only 8 a.m., the temperature was rising above 90 degrees as my housemate and I got ready to drive to Bayou Bienvenue for my...

Hurricane Ida Relief

Hurricane Ida hit Southeast Louisiana hard. Fortunately, Common Ground Relief experienced only minor damage and was able to spring into acti