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Find out what work various relief groups are doing and how you can become involved.

Disaster Recovery and Relief Groups -

Common Ground Relief
Common Ground Relief'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.
Rubarb
Volunteers began RUBARB in March 2006, after constantly collecting unused flood bikes, pulling them from garbage piles in the streets, and fixing them up for both residents and volunteers.
Make It Right
In December 2006, Brad Pitt convened a group of experts in New Orleans to brainstorm about building green affordable housing on a large scale to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Hands On New Orleans
Help re build a home. house. Tutor a child. Care for abandoned pets. Clean a park. Renovate a school. Lead a volunteer group. Learn about and take action on community issues.
Lower 9th Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association
The Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association (NENA) was established in the aftermath of Katrina to play a lead role in rebuilding New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward.
People's Hurricane Relief Fund
The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund is a grassroots and community-based coalition of 42 independent organizations that came together shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit to defend the right of return for the residents of New Orleans.

Greater New Orleans Foundation
The Greater New Orleans Foundation is the regional leader in promoting responsible philanthropy and equitable outcomes by connecting donors to community needs.

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Equity and Inclusion Campaign
The Goal of the Equity and Inclusion Campaign is to develop a comprehensive policy vision for equitable Gulf Coast recovery, so that specific legislation and policies for different states, communities and needs complement each other and strengthen the opportunities made available to all marginalized groups.
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (“AEHR”)
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (“AEHR”) is a nonprofit, public interest law firm whose mission is to provide legal services, community organizing support, public education, and campaigns focused on defending and advancing the human right to a healthy environment, and advocating for the human rights of internally displaced Gulf Coast hurricane survivors.
Louisiana Justice Institute
The Louisiana Justice Institute is a nonprofit, civil rights legal advocacy organization, devoted to fostering social justice campaigns across Louisiana for communities of color and for impoverished communities.
New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice
The Workers’ Center strives to organize workers across the color line to fight for a just reconstruction of New Orleans and surrounding areas; to advance racial justice; and to build a city that protects human, civil, and immigrant rights.
Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch is a project to document and investigate the rebuilding of the Southern Gulf in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Through original reporting, in-depth features, voices from community leaders, and other unique coverage, Watch aims to promote a more democratic and accountable reconstruction in the South.
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
The Gulf Coast Housing Partnership is a New Orleans-based nonprofit development company that seeks to build 10,000 affordable homes in hurricane-impacted communities in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation
MQVN Community Development Corporation (MQVN CDC) was established by the Mary Queen of Viet Nam Church in May 2006 to assist Vietnamese-American Katrina victims in New Orleans East rebuild their lives and their community.

Student and Education Groups -

New Schools for New Orleans
New Schools for New Orleans is a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving excellent public schools for every child in New Orleans. Founded in April 2006, NSNO hopes to build a system of schools, not a school system, by encouraging the schools to determine their individual and collective needs and by supporting them in their growth toward operational excellence and academic rigor.
Save our Schools New Orleans
(SOS NOLA) supports public participation and oversight to ensure that every child has access to high quality public schools in New Orleans.
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
JJPL’s mission is to transform the juvenile justice system into one that builds on the strengths of young people, families and communities in order to instill hope and to ensure children are given the greatest opportunities to grow and thrive.
Operation Reach
OPERATION REACH is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing access for youth and their families to high-quality educational opportunities.
Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (VAYLA)
VAYLA-NO is a multi-issue youth organizing group that emerged to combat environmental racism taking place in Eastern New Orleans during the post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction.
The Urban League of Greater New Orleans
Is a non-profit, providing continuous long-term support for residents affected by hurricane Katrina.

New Voices Fellows Projects 2007 -

All Congregations Together (ACT) (New Orleans)
A non-profit federation of congregations, working towards positive change in Lafourche and Terrebonne parish. ACT organizes residents through leadership development, issue identification, and direct action to empower them to address the issues that are of concern to themselves, their families, their community, and their congregations.
Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana (New Orleans)
Focuses much of its post-Katrina social justice work on investing in resident-led community organizing, capacity building for long-term citizen self-governance, affordable housing, public education, leadership training, community policing, job development, and micro-enterprise.
Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies (New Orleans)
Works to increase access for women of color to comprehensive and quality reproductive health services. Also challenges women and youth of color to create change in their communities, their families, and themselves through sexual health education, training, and advocacy. The mission of IWES is to improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health and quality of life for women of color and their families.
Kids Rethinking New Orleans' Schools (New Orleans)
Elevates the voices of the city’s young people so they are able to influence the public policy-making process affecting the quality of public education. Develops the leadership of middle school youth through a multi-stage program that facilitates youth visioning and evaluation of their schools, depicting their concepts in art products, architectural models, and written publications, creating media products, and speaking at news conferences and public fora. The leadership capacity and voice of youth is developed through a variety of means and direct actions.
National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies/ Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation (New Orleans)
Improves social and economic justice in Vietnamese communities by transforming Vietnamese social service agencies, developing future non-profit leaders, and advocating for increased public and private resources for the community.
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans (New Orleans)
revitalizes communities by increasing the number of homeowners and transforming vacant or substandard properties into sustainable homeownership as well as improving quality of life of residents through targeted community and leadership development, education, and collaboration.
New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice (New Orleans)
Founded in response to the stark exclusion of African American workers and the brutal exploitation of immigrant workers in the aftermath of the Hurricane, the organization is dedicated to organizing workers across lines of race and industry, building grassroots worker leadership, power, and participation, and achieving a just reconstruction of New Orleans.
Safe Streets - Strong Communities (New Orleans)
Is a membership organization that runs campaigns to transform the New Orleans criminal justice system into one that creates safe streets and strong communities for everyone regardless of race or income. Safe Streets envisions a system that uses innovation and best practices to keep people safe from all forms of violence and crime including street violence, domestic violence, and law enforcement violence.

New Voices Fellows Projects 2008 -

Common Ground Health Clinic (New Orleans)
Provides free equality health care for the greater New Orleans community, and develops and provides programs to address community health care needs through collaborative partnerships. The Latino Health Outreach Project of Common Ground Health Clinic aims to decrease gaps in the great New Orleans public healthcare infrastructure by providing culturally competent healthcare for the Latino immigrant population.
Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (New Orleans)
Is a statewide membership-based organization that fights for a better life for all of Louisiana’s youth, especially those involved in or targeted by the juvenile justice system by engaging in education, community building, and leadership development to empower individuals, families, and communities to transform currently oppressive systems into ones that uphold justice for families.
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (New Orleans)
Aims to transform the juvenile justice system into one that builds on the strengths of young people, families, and communities in order to instill hope and ensure that children are given opportunities to grow and thrive by creating and supporting an effective juvenile defense system, alleviating unconstitutional conditions of confinement for juveniles, and developing and expanding rehabilitation efforts and alternatives to incarceration for juveniles.
Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (New Orleans)
Is a youth-led community-based organization dedicated to the empowerment of Vietnamese American and underrepresented youth committed to youth development, community empowerment, higher education, and cultural awareness.

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