Photo by Alan Chin
Here’s How You Can Help
There’s always the Red Cross, but for more direct aid, we recommend local and grass-roots groups, some of which are listed here at the right. These people are on the ground helping feed and clean and rebuild. Second Harvest Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity are among the best. And the Fraternal Order of Police appreciates contributions for the dozens of officers of the NOPD and Harbor Police who lost their homes. The New Orleans Public Schools can use donations of books, computer equipment, and other supplies. The Louisiana Department of Education and the Mississippi Department of Education can also guide contributions and relief efforts.
The recovery will take many years, so please remember to give periodically to these charitable organizations, and don’t let Washington or the news media forget.
Relief, Recovery, and Social Justice Organizations
- Bayou Liberty Relief
- Fraternal Order of Police, Louisiana Lodge
- Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch (Institute for Southern Studies)
- Habitat for Humanity (N.O.)
- Help/Resources List (Review Rebuild New Orleans Resources)
- Hungry for Music
- Information about Assistance from Government Agencies
- Katrina Information Network
- Katrina’s Angels
- Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
- Louisiana Family Recovery Corps
- Louisiana Housing Finance Authority
- Louisiana Justice Institute
- Louisiana Recovery Authority
- Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
- New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- State of Louisiana Family Assistance
- Katrina Health (State of Louisiana)
- State Police Emergency Information
- Shelter and Housing Information (State of Louisiana)
- Moving Forward Gulf Coast
- Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans | Preserving historic neighborhoods since 1974.
- Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch | Institute for Southern Studies
- Katrina Information Network
- Citizens’ Road Home Action Team (CHAT) | “Working to make the Road Home Program faster, fairer and more transparent”
- Friends of the Times-Picayune
- Tipitina’s Foundation
- Women of the Storm | A nonpartisan, grassroots alliance of Louisiana women dedicated to educating elected officials about urgent needs of areas affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Brad Pitt’s ‘Make It Right’ project | $12 million campaign to build 150 houses for N.O. residents
- Foundation for Historical Louisiana
- Advancement Project | Fighting for public housing in New Orleans
- Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign
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Let the Networks Hear from You.
WRITE, phone, and e-mail the major network news teams and urge them to keep their cameras and reporters focused on personal stories about people’s continuing need for greater federal and state assistance. (Brian Williams and Martin Savidge of NBC and Anderson Cooper of CNN have been exemplary.) And don’t forget to say thanks for a job well done.
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ABC News | www.abcnews.com
212-456-1000
FAX 212-456-5962
7 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
CBS News | cbsnew.com
212-975-4321
FAX 212-975-1893
524 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
CNN News | www.cnn.com
404-827-1500
Fax 404-878-0891
One CNN Center
PO Box 105366
Atlanta, GA 30348
Fox News | www.foxnews.com
212-301-3000
FAX 212-301-4229
1211 Ave of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
MSNBC News | www.msnbc.com
201-583-5000
FAX 201-583-5584
1 MSNBC Plaza
Secaucus, NJ 07094
NBC News | www.msnbc.com/news
212-664-4444
FAX 201-583-5453
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112