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Andrea Chen

Voices From the Gulf: Andrea Chen

Andrea Chen, membership and programs director for the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, talks to The Chronicle about her years teaching in New Orleans, both before and after Katrina happened.

 

In Their Own Words

Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for Charities

Read the transcript of our live online discussion about the recovery and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast five years after Hurricane Katrina struck the region.

Katrina: Five Years Later

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    A Local Leader Learns How to Slow Down and Step Back Premium Link

    A Gulf Coast charity leader teaches local residents self-reliance as they seek to solve problems still lingering after the storms of 2005.

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    After spending $11-million to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation shares what it learned about responding to disasters.

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    Poor neighborhoods on the Gulf Coast are still struggling five years after Hurricane Katrina, say charity leaders.

  • Housing Dearth Causes Trouble 1

    Housing Dearth Causes Trouble Premium Link

    The global financial crisis has hampered efforts to increase low-cost housing in the Gulf Coast region. Jim Kelly, who heads a housing group in New Orleans, says one of his...