Civic engagement in the wake of Katrina - Koritz, Amy, 1955-; Sanchez, George J. (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michi gan Library, 2009)
"Bring your own chairs": civic engagement in postdiluvial New Orlean s / Richard Campanella -- A reciprocity of tears: community engag ement after a disaster / Pat Evans, Sarah Lewis -- Not since the Great Depression: the documentary impulse post-Katrina / Michael Miz ell-Nelson -- Another evacuation story / Rebecca Mark -- The v ision has its time: culture and civic engagement in postdisaster New Or leans / Carol Bebelle -- How to raise an army (of creative young people) / Mat Schwarzman, Keith Knight -- The Gulfsouth Youth Act ion Corps: the story of a local CBO's response to restoring youth progr ams in New Orleans after Katrina and Rita / Kyshun Webster, D. Hamil ton Simons-Jones -- Welcoming the newcomers: civic engagement among pre-Katrina Latinos / Elizabeth Fussell -- Cultural policy and li ving culture in New Orleans after Katrina / Carole Rosenstein -- Home, New Orleans: university/neighborhood arts collaborations / Jan Cohen-Cruz -- Interview with Don Marshall, executive director of th e New Orleans jazz and heritage festival foundation / Amy Koritz -- Afterword: civic engagement is a language- what can universities le arn from public cultural work in New Orleans? / Julie Ellison.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orlean s; Disaster relief -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- His tory -- 21st century; Community life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st centur y; City and town life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st ce ntury; Political participation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21 st century; New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century; New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century; New Orleans (La.) -- Cultural policy; New Orleans (La.) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century