Coming Home: The Dry Storm
Verzio FF submission Duration: 00:43:00 Two years after the destruction brought by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans City Council has been demolishing public housing leaving thousands of people without homes. When they were locked out of the council meetings that would decide their fate, residents...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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NESRI
2009
United States |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:e1386bd0-8a8d-4c31-93f6-4f53e30736b2 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF submission
Duration: 00:43:00
Two years after the destruction brought by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans City Council has been demolishing public housing leaving thousands of people without homes. When they were locked out of the council meetings that would decide their fate, residents became activists to attract the attention of international human rights monitors, and take their cause all the way to the highest levels of HUD (Housing and Urban Development Agency) in Washington DC to fight for their basic human rights to stay in their homes. |
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| Published: | 2009 |