We shall not be moved : rebuilding home in the wake of Katrina

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Label

We shall not be moved : rebuilding home in the wake of Katrina

Title remainder

rebuilding home in the wake of Katrina

Statement of responsibility

Tom Wooten

Creator

• Wooten, Tom, 1986-

Subject

• Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
• Neighborhood government -- Louisiana | New Orleans
• Community development -- Louisiana | New Orleans
• New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Urban renewal -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
• New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century

Language

eng

Summary

As floodwaters drained in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents came to a difficult realization. Their city was about to undertake the largest disaster recovery in American history, yet they faced a profound leadership vacuum: members of every tier of government, from the municipal to the federal level, had fallen down on the job. We Shall Not Be Moved tells the absorbing story of the community leaders who stepped into this void to rebuild the city they loved. From a Vietnamese Catholic priest who immediately knows when two of his six thousand parishioners go missing to a single mother from the Lower Ninth Ward who instructs the likes of Jimmy Carter and Brad Pitt, these intrepid local organizers show that a city's fate rests on the backs of its citizens. On their watch, New Orleans neighborhoods become small governments. These leaders organize their neighbors to ward off demolition threats, write comprehensive recovery plans, found community schools, open volunteer centers, raise funds to rebuild fire stations and libraries, and convince tens of thousands of skeptical residents to return home. Focusing on recovery efforts in five New Orleans neighborhoods: Broadmoor, Hollygrove, Lakeview, the Lower Ninth Ward, and Village de l'Est. Tom Wooten presents vivid narratives through the eyes and voices of residents rebuilding their homes, telling a story of resilience

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

307.1/40976335

Index

no index present

LC call number

HN80.N45

LC item number

W66 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography