September 5, 2005 Baton Rouge In many ways Marc Morial is still my mayor even though it has been almost four (4) years since he left office when term limited. Ray Nagin was elected with business and uptown support and a minority of support from African American voters and certainly the lower income wards.. Up …
Category: Community Organizing
Organize the Evacuees
Rochester – The City of New Orleans is now part of the great modern diaspora. The 9th Ward, the 7th Ward, all of the 504 Boyz, are still I the house, but the houses and cities are spread all over America. Evacuees have been bused or flown to cities all over America. They are there …
Behind The Scenes
New Orleans: It is almost an iron law in our work that there is virtually no “spontaneous” action. There is almost always an organizer somewhere. Or, at least someone is doing the job. Proof of this proposition propped up in the dry, oven heat of Crawford, Texas on President Bush’s ranch. In an article in the …