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lowernine.org named top volunteer vacation spot
FlipKey and TripAdvisor have named lowernine.org among the top spots to volunteer while on vacation. Book a trip with us today! https://www.flipkey.com/blog/2016/11/11/travel-give-back-top-volunteer-vacations
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Hurricane Katrina Victim Helps People Recover After Louisiana Floods
NPR All Things Considered | Ari Shapiro A car full of people has just arrived outside this flooded house in Baton Rouge. They drove up from New Orleans as part of an organization called Lowernine.org. This is a group of volunteers that has been rebuilding flooded homes over the last decade in New Orleans’ Lower
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Volunteers to rebuild 9th Ward home with help from James Hardie Co.
By Robert Rhoden | NOLA.com – The Times-Picayune Volunteers with the non-profit Lowernine.org will get some training this weekend on the installation of siding at a home on Caffin Avenue in the Lower 9th Ward. The rebuilding event at Mary Ann Nadine’s house Saturday (June 4) and Sunday will be led by 13 skilled workers from
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City lauds the arrival of CVS pharmacy in Lower 9th Ward
BY CHAD CALDER | The New Orleans Advocate – The city celebrates the opening of a CVS in the lower ninth ward as a signal of progress. Laura Paul of Lowernine.org says that she welcomes the business and hopes it will provide incentive for people to move back to the area. Only 37 percent of…
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Chemical spill In Lower 9th Ward alarms activists
By Bill Capo | WWL – In a video covering an oil spill recently discovered on a Lizardi Street lot in the lower ninth ward, Laura Paul comments on how these toxins could affect the residents of the area and it’s rebuilding.
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A Tale of Two Neighborhoods
By Calvin Hennick | USGBC+ – Almost a decade after Katrina, Calvin Hennick compares the recovery of the Broadmoor area to the Lower Ninth Ward. Laura Paul and Errol Joseph explain the discrimination of organizations such as the Road Home program, which contributed to the Lower Ninth Ward’s struggle to recover as well as Lowernine.org’s…
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After the flood
By Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail – A detailed story on the disparate recovery of the city ten years post-Katrina. Laura Paul of lowernine.org says Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation should be called “Make it White.” She acknowledges the organization’s good intentions, but points out that it is not the best way…
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Canadian helps rebuild New Orleans
CBC – Laura Paul gives a tour to the CBC of one of the projects Lowernine.org is currently working on.
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New Orleans Set To Mark Ten Years Since Katrina
Eben Brown | FOX News Radio – Laura Paul says that ten years post-Katrina, many displaced people have spent upwards of $90,000 on rent, which is about the going rate to rebuild a home that is already owned.
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The Lower Ninth Ward, Ten Years After Katrina
BY Shelby Hartman | Vice – The tenth anniversary of Katrina and the subsequent levee breaks has the nation curious about the recovery of the city since the storm. Laura Paul explains that many homeowners in the lower ninth ward.