The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

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Tides Foundation has a Rapid Response Disaster Relief Fund that specializes in relief projects that serve those most in need and most forgotten or disenfranchised from traditional relief organizations:

http://www.tidesfoundation.org/RR_0905.cfm

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New Orleans Network : a way for people to connect with and support the New Orleans evacuees in their area, It will

also be a way for New Orleans refugees to find each other in their exile communities and organize to take back their city and make sure that it is rebuilt in ways that serve ALL New Orleans residents. There will be exile community bulletin boards, discussion boards, resource listings, advocacy how-to sheets, events calendars, etc. They are seeking donations.

http://www.NewOrleansNetwork.org

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Neighborhood Story Project:

They'll spend the next 4 months working with evacuee high school students to document the stories of

people living in the Astrodome. They are in the process of reprinting the original Neighborhood Story Project Books at a print shop in Houston. The original books, each written by a high school student about their neighborhood in New Orleans, were the best-selling books in New Orleans over the summer, behind Harry Potter 6. All remaining copies were destroyed in the flooding.
Anyone who wants to help get their local independent bookstore to take a box of these incredible books to sell as a way to raise money for relief and recovery, and as a way to get out the amazing stories of the people and neighborhoods of New Orleans, please contact: jamieschweser@yahoo.com