We Shall Not Be Moved : Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina

English

ISBN: 0807044636

EAN: 9780807044636

Category: Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration/Business & Economics / Development / General/Business & Economics / Economic Conditions/Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development/Nature / Natural Disasters/Social Science / Sociology / Urban/

Publisher: Beacon Press

Release Date: 08/07/2012

Synopsis: It was heartbreaking, but we couldnt give up. I just said, Well, Ive got to get in and do it.-Phil Harris, eight-decade-long resident of Hollygrove 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 Movedtells 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 citys 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 lEst-Tom Wooten presents vivid narratives through the eyes and voices of residents rebuilding their homes, telling a story of resilience as entertaining as it is instructive. The unprecedented community mobilization underway in New Orleans is a silver lining of Hurricane Katrinas legacy. By shedding light on this rebirth, We Shall Not Be Movedshows how residents, remarkably, turned a profound national failure into a story of hope. From the Hardcover edition.

We Shall Not Be Moved : Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.96 inches

Width: 6.2 inches

Length: 9.26 inches

Weight: 18.27 oz

Pages: 256