Members of the Survivor Village tent city outside the St. Bernard public housing complex took their struggle to the affluent Garden District, marching down St. Charles Avenue to the exclusive Audubon Place neighborhood.

read more...

A group of forensics experts led by some professors from UC Berkeley released a damning 738-page report on the levee failures during hurricane Katrina. They found a system that was "pervasively flawed" (surprise, surprise), and said that the failure was at all levels of government, including the Feds, the local levee board, and to a lesser extent the Army Corps of Engineers.

Stop the Illegal Dumping in New Orleans East!

The Vietnamese community in New Orleans East is leading the fight against the landfill which Mayor Nagin approved by sideswiping law that demanded community hearings before a landfill could be built. On May 10th, members of the Versaille Community and the Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, together with the Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy civil rights organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, went to City Hall and demanded that Mayor Nagin hear their protest.

The result of this protest was a 3 day moratorium was put on the dumping until, Mayor Nagin said, he could "prove... to them it is safe".

See the video tour of the Bayou Sauvage and the Chef Menteur Landfill site with Father Dung Nguyen and feel for yourself the unique and interconnected landscape that is threatened by the city of New Orleans's illegal dumping.

More information about the Landfill is published courtesey of Citizens for a Strong New Orleans East at FACTS ABOUT THE LANDFILL

NO Landfill: Video Tour of Bayou Sauvage with Father Luke

The Vietnamese community in New Orleans East is leading the fight against the landfill which Mayor Nagin approved by sideswiping law that demanded community hearings before a landfill could be built. On May 10th, members of the Versaille Community and the Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, together with the Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy civil rights organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, went to City Hall and demanded that Mayor Nagin hear their protest.

The result of this protest was a 3 day moratorium was put on the dumping until, Mayor Nagin said, he could "prove... to them it is safe".

See the video tour of the Bayou Sauvage and the Chef Menteur Landfill site with Father Dung Nguyen and feel for yourself the unique and interconnected landscape that is threatened by the city of New Orleans's illegal dumping.

More information about the Landfill is published courtesey of Citizens for a Strong New Orleans East at FACTS ABOUT THE LANDFILL

read more...

The Four Directions Relief Project was started in early October in recognition that the Native American communities of storm ravaged southern Louisiana remained under-served and in urgent need of relief efforts. Despite the immense pride and independence of these communities, Katrina and Rita created an intense burden on the people, and storm assistance was requested. (25 minutes of video in several format)

read more...