Katrina Uncovers and New Orleans Now...
special Making Contact programs on Hurricane Katrina issues

Source: NOAA

Katrina Uncovers and New Orleans Now are special series of radio programs within the Making Contact series that explore racism, poverty, government misdeeds, militarism, environmental justice, health, immigration, gentrification, corporate profiteering, the role of oil companies before and after Katrina, insular government, FEMA, "Homeland Security" and more. We also include personal stories of survivors trying to rebuild their lives.

Programs offer a blend of human stories, thoughtful analysis and hopeful alternative visions and proposals.

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52-08 Year in Review 2008
A review and update of some of Making Contact's best programs of 2008; focusing on Iraq war veterans, a crackdown on immigrants in Arizona, and the creation of a reproductive health care program for low income women of color in New Orleans. View full description

36-08 For Us, By Us. Health Care after Katrina
New Orleans is still in a state of "rebuilding." But what does that really mean for many of its citizens? We talk to activists from a women's health clinic who tell us how they are reinventing their community's health and wellness landscape one person at a time. View full description

32-08 When Your Back's Against the Wall, You Gotta Dance: On the
Frontlines of Reproductive Justice
A growing movement is putting reproductive health and rights within a social justice framework. We'll talk about this emerging reproductive justice movement. And we'll hear about community-based organizing in San Francisco, Denver and New Orleans. View full description

45-07 Renaissance Village: FEMA's Dirty Secret
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, thousands were sent to live at Renaissance Park, a FEMA-run trailer park. Hundreds of families are still stuck there. We hear from youth, women and advocates from “Workers Centers,” organizing to move out. View full description

35-07 Two Years After Katrina: Still Weathering the Storm
It's been two years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast and changed the face of a city, state and region. New Orleans and many parts of the Gulf Coast are still in disrepair. How much has really changed? How much has stayed the same? View full description - hour-long version of this program is available here

32-07 Musicians, Migrants and All That Jazz
Musicians have always been the heart and soul of New Orleans. And like everyone else in the flood damaged city, they're struggling to survive. On this edition, correspondent Reese Erlich talks with musicians to learn how the historic New Orleans music scene plays on and how new influences are bringing hope to the struggling city. View full description

29-07 "Gulf Coast Reconstruction in the Post-Katrina Era," U.S. Social Forum Atlanta
Wander through New Orleans' historic French Quarter today and you might believe the revival of the city after Hurricane Katrina's destruction is complete. Walk outside the French Quarter and you will see an American city abandoned and left in near total disrepair, still struggling to rebuild. On this edition, four people speak at the U.S. Social Forum about working to rebuild and strengthen their damaged communities. View full description

25-07 New Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the
Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City - Part 3
Imagine that you are low income and a person of color. You've come to help rebuild New Orleans and you find yourself working in unsanitary, unregulated and hazardous conditions. Where do you go for help if you get hurt or you get sick? On this edition, we hear from two people who have affected countless lives by providing a basic necessity: health care. View full description

24-07 New Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the
Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City - Part 2
New Orleans is the largest construction site in the United States. Countless houses, businesses and public facilities are being rebuilt by an immigrant and migrant workforce that is mostly new to the area. On this edition, we hear from people making a difference in the lives of the laborers who are rebuilding the city, and the workers themselves. View full description

23-07 New Orleans Now: Immigrants, Labor Rights and the
Human Cost of Rebuilding an American City - Part 1
An immigrant labor force is rebuilding New Orleans, Some of them were already in this country, or were invited by the U.S. government, and some have risked all, crossing borders, for the promise of work. But for many, that promise of work has become a fight for survival. View full description

17-07 New Orleans Now: Rebuilding and Defending the Versailles Vietnamese Community
Just outside of New Orleans in Saint Bernard Parish, a deeply-rooted Vietnamese-American community struggling to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, and facing yet another threat to their homes, history and way of life. View full description

07-07 New Orleans Now: Can Art Help Heal a Broken City?
A tour through New Orleans - creative art that reflects the city's deep cultural roots, the troubled times it faces, and hope in the midst of Katrina's rubble. View full description

35-06 Katrina Uncovers: Black Land and Labor
One year after Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the region, virtually nothing has been done to reconstruct New Orleans - who will do it? Also, land, the “right to return” and African- Americans in the south. View full description

17-06 Katrina Uncovers: Exploited Workers and Endangered Wetlands
Migrant workers cleaning up and rebuilding New Orleans struggling for better wages and working conditions, then Louisiana bayou locals trying to preserve wetlands as natural hurricane barriers. View full description

14-06 Katrina Uncovers: Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans
More than six months after Hurricane Katrina, we go to New Orleans, where we hear from local people working to rebuild their communities. View full description

02-06 Katrina Uncovers: Poverty in a Land of Plenty
For many people, Hurricane Katrina was a wakeup call to a long-standing problem: why is there so much poverty in a land of plenty? View full description

45-05 Katrina Uncovers: Structural Injustice
Activist Damu Smith talking about the structural problems of systemic poverty, environmental racism, and a government which cannot or will not respond to the urgent needs of millions of Americans. View full description

43-05 Katrina Uncovers: Those Left Behind
A look at those left behind and the organizations working to help them: the elderly - including grandparents who parent their grandchildren, and companion animals rescued from Gulf Coast areas devastated by Katrina. View full description

39-05 Katrina Uncovers: Activism, Racism and Environmental Justice
Grass roots organizations doing work the U.S. government cannot or will not do, and environmental justice - the roles race and poverty play in where Americans live. View full description

38-05 Katrina Uncovers: Environment, Health and Rescue
Stories of Katrina survivors, how to help in relief efforts, and a water expert explains the dangers of water contamination. View full description