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Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as trump guts disaster aid
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/26/hurricane-katrina-anniversary-trump-fema
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OffBeat Magazine: Lowernine.Org Launches Nationwide #50states Ambassador Program
https://www.offbeat.com/news/lowernine-org-launches-nationwide-50states-ambassador-program
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Gambit’s Frontline People Awards (featuring Darren McKinney)
Frontline People Awards features lowernine.org’s very own Darren McKinney!
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Levee Pantry Press Release
LEVEE FOOD PANTRY TO OPEN IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD ON NOVEMBER 17th Longtime Community Partners Anchor a New Community Resource in the Neighborhood in Response to Pandemic and Long Term Disaster Recovery Needs New Orleans, LA: A brand new brick-and-mortar food pantry for Orleans Parish residents will be opening in the Lower Ninth Ward
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Laura Paul talks about lowernine.org’s new food pantry in the Lower 9th Ward
lowernine.org was founded in 2007 to build homes in the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures. Laura Paul volunteered with lowernine.org and now serves as executive director. During the coronavirus pandemic, the group started a mobile food pantry. On Nov. 17, it opened the permanent Levee Food Pantry at 1804
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lowernine.org breaks ground on new headquarters; commemorates 15th anniversary of hurricane katrina and announces call for $500k fundraising
lowernine.org announced its partnership with Shibusa Systems to build their new headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana. The new space will combine a floor of office space with two stories of volunteer housing to advance lowernine.org’s mission of securing long-term recovery for residents of the Lower Ninth Ward affected by the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and
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Katrina 13th Anniversary Reddit AMA
lowernine.org’s Executive Director, Laura Paul, hosts an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit on the 13th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration
By Jeff Goodell | Rolling Stone In discussion with lowernine.org Executive Director Laura Paul, Rolling Stone explores the devastating way that climate change contributes to natural disasters, and how the populations of US cities could change because of these mega-storms. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-w516974
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300,000 ways to make New Orleans a better place
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board As part of the celebration of New Orleans’ 300th birthday, the city’s tricentennial committee set an ambitious goal for community service. They are challenging New Orleanians to put in 300,000 hours of volunteer work in 2018. When the effort was launched a month ago, many of us were probably focused on Mardi Gras festivities. …Lowernine.org
