Would you like to learn more about what is happening in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast? Do you want to find out about volunteer opportunities there? Read on. Please email me (acurran at carleton dot edu) if you would like me to add a link to this page--thanks!

Information on Carleton's response to Katrina and Carleton alum updates:

Blog from Carleton service trip November, 2005:

Carleton fund effort to help in the Gulf Coast

Gulf Coast Alumni Updates

Article in Shout, Carleton's on line student magazine, about service trip in November, 2006.

Katrina Symposium, October 31, 2005

Films and Books on Katrina and its effect on the Gulf Coast:

Spike Lee, When The Levees Broke, A Requiem in Four Acts: a documentary directed by Spike Lee (now available on dvd).

Ivor Van Heerden and Mike Bryan, The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina

John M. Barry, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

News Coverage of New Orleans:

Nola.com: web site for The Times Picayune of New Orleans

Volunteer Groups in New Orleans:

Common Ground in New Orleans

Episcopal Diocese of New Orleans Volunteer Efforts