Publications

Gender Related Literature

"Hurricane Katrina, Women and the Process of Multiple Victimizations" by Beverly Mason

"The Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast: Multiple Disadvantages and Key Assets for Recovery" by the Institute for Women's Policy Research

“Women and Girls Last?: Averting the Second Post-Katrina Disaster” by Elaine Enarson

"Violence Against Women in the post-Tsunami context" by ActionAid

Housing Rights

“The Pinheiro Principles: United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons"

“Rebuilding Affordable Housing in New Orleans” by Susan J. Popkin, Margery Austin Turner and Martha Burt

Policy Briefs: After Katrina by The Urban Institute

Workers Rights

“Rebuilding after Katrina: A Population-Based Study of Labor and Human Rights in New Orleans” by Laurel E. Fletcher, Phuong Pham, Eric Stover and Patrick Vinck

“After Katrina: Rebuilding Opportunity and Equity into the New New Orleans” by Margery Austin Turner and Sheila R. Zedlewski

“Working on Faith: A Faithful Response to Worker Abuse in New Orleans” by Ted Smuckler

“And Injustice for All: Workers’ Lives in the Reconstruction of New Orleans” by Judite Browne-Dianis, Jennifer Lai, Marielena Hincapie, and Saket Soni

“Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City I” National Radio Project

“Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City II” National Radio Project

“Employment Problems in Louisiana and Mississippi: An Advocacy Manual” by Karen Herrling, Laurie Joyce, and Mirna Torres

“Broken Levees, Broken Promises” by the Immigrant Justice Project

“Priorities for Immigrant Workers in the Gulf Coast” by the National Immigration Law Center

“Employment Issues and Challenges in Post-Katrina New Orleans” by The Urban Institute

Right of Return

“Hurricane Survivors and the Human Right to Return” by NESRI

“The Pinheiro Principles: United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons”

Right to Health

“Initial Health Policy Responses to Hurricane Katrina and Possible Next Steps” by Stephan Zuckerman and Teresa A. Coughlin

"Betraying an American Tradition: The Killing of Charity Hospital" by the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

Environmental Justice

“In the Wake of Storm: Environment, Disaster, and Race after Katrina” by Robert Bullard, Manuel Pastor, James K. Boyce, Alice Fothergill, Rachel Morello-Frosch and Beverly Wright

"Protecting Vulnerable Coastal Communities: Meaningful Political Action and Strategies for Environmental Justice after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita" by the National Commission on Environmental Justice on the Gulf Coast and the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

“Rebuilding a Healthy New Orleans” by Marcheta Gillam, Steve Fischbach, Lynne Wolf , Nkiru Azikiwe and Phillip Tegeler 

Rights of the Accused and the Incarcerated

ACLU

“Abandoned and Abused: Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina”

“Broken Promises: 2 years after Katrina”

Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana

“Treated like Trash: Juvenile Detention in New Orleans Before, During, and After Hurricane Katrina”

Safe Streets/Strong Communities

“Big Jails and Big Costs: The Individual and Collective Costs of Over-Incarceration in New Orleans: Voices from the People Most Impacted by Over-incarceration”

“Crisis of Confidence: Persistent Problems within the New Orleans Police Department: Voices and solutions from communities most impacted by violent crime”

“Who Pays the Price for Orleans Parish’s Broken Indigent Defense System? A Summary of Investigative Findings”

Vera Institute of Justice

“Proposals for New Orleans’ Criminal Justice System: Best Practices to Advance Public Safety and Justice”

Legislation

H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007

H.R. 3909, Hurricane Check Cashing Relief Act of 2005

H.R. 4133, National Flood Insurance Program Further Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005

H.R. 4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005

H.R. 4125, A bill to permit the Administrator of General Services to make repairs and lease space without approval of a prospectus if the repair or lease is required as a result of damages to buildings or property attributable to Hurricane Katrina

S. 1858, Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005

H.R. 3971, QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005

H.R. 3863, Natural Disaster Student Aid Fairness Act

H.R. 3672, TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005

H.R. 3768, Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005

H.R. 3169, Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act

H.R. 3669, National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005

Video Clips

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

"New Latino Immigrants on the Gulf Coast"

Audio Clips

Democracy Now

"Battle Over Right to Return: Housing Advocates Occupy New Orleans Public Housing Office"

"Environmental Justice Professor Robert Bullard On How Race Affected the Federal Government's Response to Katrina"

"Fight to Reopen New Orleans Public Housing: 'Horrible, Slow, and Tragic'"

"Nearly Two Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Fighting Environmental Neglect, Privatization"

"'Poor People, Disabled People, People of Color Are Not Welcomed Back to New Orleans' - Activists Paint Grim Picture of a Struggling City"

Breakdown FM-Katrina tribunal-White Vigilante Justice with Malik Rahim

Part 1

Part 2

National Radio Project

"New Orleans Now: Rebuilding and Defending the Versailles Vietnamese Community"

"New Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City"

"Katrina Uncovers"