New Orleans

During our week in New Orleans, we will have excellent opportunities to learn about different cultures, the effects of natural disasters, and reasons as to why New Orleans is facing poverty and economic distress through our volunteer work with Project Homecoming, 1 in 5 homes in New Orleans is still blighted, 10 years after Katrina. New Orleans still has a high rate of blighted (abandoned) homes. We will be helping to rebuild homes, but we will also be helping to improve the surrounding community spaces such as there local gardens.

32 | spring 2016 get involved www. kappa.org | 33 For more than two centuries, coffee has been a fundamental part of the culinary and social culture of New Orleans. It’s not just the city’s penchant for chicory café au lait served alongside warm beignets.

The area of New Orleans, Louisiana was one of the places that was strongly influence by Haiti. The City of New Orleans has the richest culture compare to others Urban area in the United States. Haitian life and elements is found in the tradition of voodoo. Which is still a part of the Culture in New Orleans today. Elements of the Haitian language was contributed to the Creole language. Which people speak in New Orleans and areas around it.

On August 12, the Americans of Louisiana woke up with water in their houses. A week passed, and now thousands evacuated the flooded regions around Baton Rouge. 40,000 homes were ravaged, and several were found deceased. People were stranded on highways and rooftops, trapped in deep waters infested with rodents and snakes, and floating through the destruction onto mattresses. The state has been declared a disaster area. However, national media seems entirely uninterested with this flooding - after all, it was not the first time Lousiana had to endure through a natural disaster. A multitude of critics advocated for the abandonment of Louisiana. Because Louisiana is prone to natural occurrences due to its location, critics believe that it is wholly pointless to rebuild a state that is always sinking. However, the abandonment of Louisiana would result in the movement of all the

Mayor, Mitch Landrieu, of New Orleans signed an ordinance in 2015 calling for the removal of four monuments related to the Confederacy and its aftermath. It seems that New Orleans seems to be demonstrating the Confederacy’s enduring power to divide Americans more than 150 years after the war was lost. Protestors of the ordinance have been standing near the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis waving Confederate flags and showing their disdain for the idea of removing it. The first monument to be taken down was an obelisk honoring the violent uprising in 1874 by white New Orleanians who rejected Reconstruction. Dates have not been publicised for when the other three monuments to be removed. Some defenders of the statues have even

Voodoo was able to flourish in New Orleans because African Americans bonded to create a cultural identity. They accomplished this through voluntary service that was motivated by spiritual liberation. Unlike others in America, New Orleans was the first city that thousands of slaves from Haiti travelled though on their journeys. Upon the ships, crew members were too preoccupied with other tasks to begin forcing the slaves to convert to Catholicism, so they started this in New Orleans instead. This delay allowed the Africans to continue seeking solace from their native religion. Thus, Voodoo survived until the settlers reached New Orleans.

I’m doing my internship at Housing Authority of New Orleans. It is located at 4100 Touro Street, New Orleans, La. 70122. I’m working in the HANO Client Services Department, under the supervision of Ms. Angela Harper, who holds an LMSW. Thus, Ms. Harper is the Manager in the Client Services Department. I’m interning at one of HANO’s housing sites, which is known as the Crescent Estates, formerly known as (Fisher). Some of my roles are to assist and work with the HANO Client Services Department, with providing supportive services, programs, and activities to include case management for residents at various sites; assist with keeping case files and assessments maintained on each household in the TAAG (Tracking-At-A-Glance) case management system, for the following sites: Fisher and Scattered Sites and monitor files for the other sites; assist the agency with outreach and other programs, wherever needed, with special events such as health fairs, job/employment training fairs, youth summer camps, and afterschool programs; monitor service referrals and the services received by residents from partner agencies; follow-up with service referrals for tracking purpose; provide ongoing follow-up with residents in case load, follow-up include face-to-face communication (home visits) and/or phone calls on a weekly basis, depending on the stability of the family; meet with field supervisor bi-weekly

Discussion Questions: It has been over 10 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated communities in the gulf coast region. Many people were relocated and were never able to return to their own communities.

New Orleans is known all over the world as a party town. Year round in New Orleans and in southeast Louisiana there is some type of party or celebration being held. New Orleans has a unique culture and heritage that draws people together to have a good time. In the winter time, New Orleans activities are dominated by two seasons, the Christmas season and the Carnival season also known as Mardi Gras.

Stroll through quintessential New Orleans – the music and charm of the French Quarter and the famed fun of Bourbon Street are just steps away. Take in the sounds of the House of Blues or stroll to historic Jackson Square and visit the beautiful St. Louis

After much debate, France offers to sell the U.S. not only New Orleans, but the entire Louisiana Territory for a price of only $15 million dollars! Stretching from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, what will our nation do with all of this extra land?

Cause and Effect2018Hurricane Katrina was destructive and deadly tropical cyclone istory of the United States. As Katrina made landfall, which held the strongest winds, slammed into Gulfport, Mississippi, devastating it. On August 27, Katrina reached Category 3 status, becoming the third major hurricane of the 2005 season. Because of this pressure measurement, Katrina was officially the fourth Atlantic hurricane on record at the time, only for hurricanes Rita and Wilma to surpass it later in the season.The effects of Hurricane Katrina were property damages, displaced people, and most people's lives. Most of the deaths from Hurricane Katrina were drownings due to the hurricane's storm surge.On August 29, Katrina's storm surge caused several

Hurricane Katrina is from a tropical wave and it hit the Bahamas in2005. It was the 11th tropical storm in the 2005 hurricane season. A hurricane is a violent wind and water storm that causes tons of damage and death. The fuel for hurricanes is water vapor. Hurricanes are formed by water vapor and hot air the reason for hurricanes is to cool down the ocean.

Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of six most intense Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded (along with #1 Wilma and #7 Katrina), Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, and fifth major hurricane of 2005. Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. When a hurricane hits people usually know how to prepare, however, that was not the case for these two. People had stocked up on food, water, and other essential. These two thought that this hurricane was going to be a category one, however, to their surprise, it was a category three, so they did not prepare.

The benefits as explained above will be the lifeblood of New Orleans. These sectors include tourism, port operations, wages, and taxes. I feel that examining these areas will give us a better look at the microeconomics of New Orleans and allows us to better estimate the benefits of a recovery effort.