2008 Common Reading Initiative Guide

Online Resources Related to New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans' Daily Newspaper
http://www.nola.com/


New Orleans' Jazz and Heritage Radio Station
http://www.wwoz.org/

Teaching the Levees provides information about Hurricane Katrina, race and class.
http://www.teachingthelevees.org/

To view professional and amateur video clips about Post-Katrina New Orleans, visit the National Black Programming Consortium.
http://www.nbpc.tv/webcasts/katrina/index.php

Common Ground Relief is a grassroots organization providing relief to victims of Gulf Coast hurricanes.
http://www.commongroundrelief.org/

For recent information on the repopulation of New Orleans, visit the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center.
http://www.gnocdc.org/

Brad Pitt's Make it Right Housing Foundation
http://www.makeitrightnola.org/

Voices of New Orleans is a blog about Post-Katrina New Orleans.
http://www.chinmusicpress.com/books/doyouknow/voices/

The Arthur Roger Gallery shows the work of contemporary New Orleans artists.
http://www.arthurrogergallery.com/default.asp

New Orleans Jazz Fest
http://www.nojazzfest.com/

New Orleans Mardi Gras
http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/