Posts Tagged ‘ commonground ’

Remembering Stolen Lives in NOLA

March 30, 2008
By bicyclemark

One year ago this week I was in NOLA, heading down the Gulf Coast seeing how people were dealing with the damage and neglect of the Federal Flood.  Here's an excerpt from one of the posts on the subj
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bm195 Fighting for the Wetlands

April 1, 2007
By bicyclemark

These days, you won't often find the mainstream media talking about the rebuilding process in and around new olreans. There is even less of a chance they'll bring up a widely known yet under reported
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Stealing Houses In NOLA

March 28, 2007
By bicyclemark
Stealing Houses In NOLA

It was probably my second day in New Orleans and I decided to go visit the common ground legal clinic. I had heard they were providing free legal advice and a mini computer lab for local residents wh
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bmtv43 St Mary’s of the 9 Ward

March 27, 2007
By bicyclemark
bmtv43 St Mary’s of the 9 Ward

Click To Play This is a vlog entry about my visit to the upper ninth ward in New Orleans. I also walk around St. Mary's school which is now a base of operations for the common
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bm193 Oasis in the Ninth Ward

March 24, 2007
By bicyclemark

Somewhere in the upper ninth ward, amidst the destruction and abandonment, there are 400 volunteers occupying a school. Everyday they fan out into the city and take on a task that most would not have
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Some Americans’ Priorities

March 23, 2007
By bicyclemark
Some Americans’ Priorities

I started off the morning by heading to the ninth ward... err.. nine ward. Having heard soo much about it, I was anxious to be there and see how people were dealing with post Katrina life more than a
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I’ve Seen

March 22, 2007
By bicyclemark
I’ve Seen

The things I've seen today.. in one 24 hour period. Can't quite form the words yet. Use this for now.
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