Gulf Coast reconstruction in the post reconstruction era

Wander through New Orleans' historic French Quarter today and you might believe the revival of the city after Hurricane Katrina's destruction is complete. Restaurants, shops, hotels and clubs are up and running. Almost miraculously, it seems all is back to normal.

But no miracle has been performed here. Walk outside the French Quarter and you will see an American city and its people largely abandoned by its government and left in near total disrepair, struggling to reclaim some semblance of order and normal life.

On this edition, we will hear from four people speaking at the U.S. Social Forum. They are working to rebuild and strengthen their damaged communities.

Featuring::

Uyen Le, National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies Community Development Fellow; Sharon Hanshaw, Coastal Women for Change Executive Director; Viola Washington, People¹s Hurricane Relief Fund and the Welfare Rights Organization; Daniel Castellanos, Alliance of Guest Workers for Dignity and Workers Center for Racial Justice Organizer.

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Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Interns: Samson Reiny and Puck Lo
Mixing Engineer: Mike Lamar

For more information::

National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 310
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-587-2781; navasa@navasa.org
www.navasa.org

Coastal Women for Change
336 Rodenburg Avenue
Biloxi, MS 39531
1-228-297-4849
www.cwcbiloxi.org

People's Hurricane Relief Fund
1418 N. Claiborne, Suite 2
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-301-0215; info@peopleshurricane.org
www.peopleshurricane.org

New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice & Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity
803 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-881-6587

The New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition
504-363-1108
organizer@neworleansworkerjustice.org
www.neworleansworkerjustice.org

Loyola Workplace Justice Project
Loyola University New Orleans
College of Law
7214 St. Charles Ave., Box 901
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-861-5550; molina@loyno.edu

National Day Laborer Organizing Network
www.ndlon.org

United States Social Forum
www.ussf2007.org