Thursday August 27, 2009
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn, Congregation Temple Sinai. In the wake of Katrina, the ongoing religious question has not been “Why” but “What shall we do?” And in churches, synagogues and mosques, along with fervent prayers for the victims, the injured and the bereaved, the response has been one of heroic labor, and generous relief and determined future.
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The Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest recently featured a conversation with GNOF President & CEO, Dr. Albert Ruesga
. "Four years ago this week, a monster storm named Katrina was churning through the Gulf of Mexico with New Orleans squarely in its sights. New Orleanians who went to bed on the evening of August 28 wondering whether their homes would be there in the morning were relieved when dawn revealed a city that was battered but largely intact. Then, as Albert Ruesga, president of the Greater New Orleans Foundation explains below, the levees broke." Read Dr. Ruesga's Q & A with the Foundation Center.
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Marco Cocito-Monoc, Ph.D. is the director of regional inititatives at the Greater New Orleans Foundation.
On a recent journey through several neighborhoods in St. Bernard Parish, one phrase kept repeating itself in my head: “What a shame.” While admiring the courage, determination and love of community that were evident in every person who was fixing their home with the intention of returning, I had to wonder if their efforts would yield the benefits that they deserve. The gaps between renovated homes were considerable in far too many neighborhoods. Redevelopment was happening mostly in isolated spots. Read about re-development in St. Bernard Parish.
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