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selfcomposed

First Day at Common Ground

Jan 02, 2007 17:23

It was an amazing day today in NOLA..

I spent the day at Common Ground, which is a collective that does a ton of work in NOLA. They have several healthcare clinics, legal clinics (FEMA, insurance companies, landlord-tenant, jobs). gutting and cleaning houses in the poorer parts of NOLA and other ways to help the ignored peoples of NOLA. I was lucky ( Read more... )

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poptopia January 3 2007, 01:05:56 UTC

Thanks for the update! I'm glad things are going well for your first few days there. I've also heard great things about Common Ground. One of our members from work spent a few months down there last year doing demolition and rehab work with Common Ground (being in the construction trades, makes sense and she was without a steady job for a while so hooked up with Common Ground ( ... )

djpekky January 3 2007, 01:28:57 UTC

Nice pics. I love your dog, and I am glad you are getting along with your prof as well. :)

Peace!

Pekky

linzzzz January 4 2007, 13:13:29 UTC

The Convention Center is probably one of the places that got the most rebuilding love after the Superdome. It also served as a shelter for people and got pretty effed up on the inside. When Kara and I came back in October after the hurricane they were already working on it. This location serving as shetler, however, had a lot to do with the looting at Wal-Mart which is right down the street on Tchoup.

If you feel up to it, I'm bartending tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night at this restaurant called Taqueros Coyoacan. It's at 1432 St. Charles, 4 blocks from Lee Circle on the uptown side. You'd probably have to cab it, but it's not that far.