Nineteen months after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, there is still tremendous need for financial donations and volunteer labor. This resource list will be updated periodically. Please click these links, learn what is out there, and give in the ways that are best for you.
Please continue to pray for the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We saw conditions there that shook us to the core. There are rebuilding efforts, and many signs of hope, but they cannot do it alone. Please pray for strength, healing, and wise leadership. Pray for the healing of emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wounds. Pray for strong communities. I am writing this on Easter morning; please pray for resurrection.
If you can, please go to New Orleans. I can’t stress this strongly enough. Go for a day, a week, a semester, a season. Go and see the city; if you can, volunteer. You may not think that your brief presence makes a difference—but we found out that it does. Even if you can’t stay long enough to see the fruits of your labor, the experience of serving in this city will change you. You will not see the world, or your place in it, the same way again.
Educational Resources
Indymedia, Katrina page
National Geographic, Katrina Photo Page
National Geographic Special Edition: Katrina (includes "How You Can Help" list of resources)
New Orleans Times-Picayune, Katrina Archive
NPR: Six Months After Katrina
NPR: Katrina, One Year Later
NPR: Katrina and Recovery
"Immigrants and Hurricane Katrina," ImmigrationProf Blog 4-12-07
"New Orleans Rebirth Depends on Marshes," Dallas Morning News 12/10/05
Donation information and volunteer resources
Many of these organizations welcome volunteers. All welcome financial contributions.
Tulane University School of Social Work, Hurricane Assistance Links
The NOAH Project (Loyola New Orleans Alliance for Hope)
Mercy Corps, Gulf Coast Recovery page (also click the tabs on the left)
Oxfam America, Hurricane Katrina Page
Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans
Episcopal Relief and Development, Hurricane Response Center
Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, volunteer page
St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans
St. Anna's Mission to Musicians, Summary and Outcomes Statement (2006)
We visited while we were there. This church hosts a benefit for musicians every Wednesday night, and has several other free services, including legal and crisis counseling. When I asked the rector what he would have me take back to California, he said, "Peace. Hope. And send us money."
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A group of students from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA, visited New Orleans during the last week of March, 2007. We plan to continue our mission activity. This blog is our nexus of communication with each other and with you.
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