Cross Posted from DailyKos
hat-tip to kj & NightProwlKitty!!!
A group of bloggers over (here) at Docudharma have been actively writing about NOLA after Hurricane Katrina and we have decided to do a week-end marathon fund-raiser for the 9th Wards’ N.E.N.A. (Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association)
Kossacks/Dharmaniacs came to the rescue when Pretty Bird Woman House needed help.
And for that you are all superstars in my book-no matter who you’re voting for!!!
Now, New Orleans Ninth Ward needs our help, and this is more of a reminder than anything else, since the needs are ongoing. Who is NENA, you ask?
The Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association (NENA) was established in the aftermath of Katrina to play a lead role in rebuilding New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward.
Organized and controlled by residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, NENA addresses not only the immediate recovery needs created by the storm’s destruction, but also the institutional neglect and disinvestment that plagued the neighborhood long before Katrina. NENA works with current Lower Ninth Ward residents, displaced residents living in other parts of New Orleans, and the broader diaspora who want to return to the neighborhood.