I was selected to participate in the NYU ITP / Xavier University Digital Story Telling Collaboration project in New Orleans over spring break. I spent the week working with both students and community based organizations, building online platforms and a portable storytelling booth.
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I was deeply moved and disturbed by what I saw but gained a new found perspective on how truly blessed I am. To see the devastation still in place, almost two years after the levees broke, is something that will haunt me for the rest of my life.
As I was going about and taking pictures, I entered one home in the lower 7th ward area near Xavier University and I saw something that really touched me. On the second floor of this damaged home, I came across pictures of the family, which were slightly damaged and left on the floor.
The pictures were of a loving family with two daughters, who were barely in their teens, young enough to be my little sisters. The father, mother and grandmother were beaming with pride holding on to the most precious things in their lives. As I looked at these pictures and looked around to see this devastated home, I could not help but wonder if they survived the flooding caused by the failure of the levees .
This family could have been my family, if I was in New Orleans. These two beautiful girls could have been my little sisters, and all I could do was say a prayer for the family and place the photos gently back where I found them and hope that I could do something to make sure this never happens again.
How could the most powerful nation in the world stand silently by and watch its own citizens suffer for well over two weeks and still suffer to this day? How is this possible in America in 2007?
Is cultural racism and economic disenfranchisement, as well the ineptitude of the current administration to blame, yes its is. We must confront the fact that we live in a society that needs to be changed. We must take steps on our own to fight the institutionalized racism and bigotry that exits in our society and make sure this never happens again. I have one thousand and five hundred reasons why I will do everything I can to make sure this never happens again, I hope you can say the same.
As I write this, I am listening to the Temptations and they are singing a song entitled ?There Ain’t No Justice? and I just wonder if there will ever be justice for the 1,500 victims of the levees failures in New Orleans.
I should state that I still felt hope for a better tomorrow, when I meet the truly resilient, brilliant students and faculty at Xavier University. I was also moved when meeting the volunteers from all over the U.S who were doing everything they could in order to help the victims of this catastrophe . These volunteers from California, Ohio and Florida, really gave me hope, that there are still some wonderful people out there who care in helping their fellow citizens.
I truly believe we can rebuild New Orleans by putting aside our differences and working towards this common goal.
To view more the pictures and get more info about volunteering in New Orleans, please visit the following sites
www.neworleanscares.org
http://acorn.org
www.volunteermatch.org
www.colorofchange.org
www.solvingpoverty.com
my flickr photos from New Orleans
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