In Their Own Words
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Voices From the Gulf: LaTosha Brown
A charity leader sees opportunity in a region battered by tragedy.
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Voices From the Gulf: Joe Becker
An American Red Cross leader discusses his organization's changing role in the Gulf Coast region.
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Voices From the Gulf: Bill Stallworth
A Biloxi, Miss., nonprofit leader says city's residents are more self-sufficient in the wake of tragedy.
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Voices From the Gulf: Doug Ahlers
A Harvard University disaster-recovery expert helps a New Orleans neighborhood rebuild.
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Voices From the Gulf: Keith Liederman
The leader of a New Orleans youth charity says the region's nonprofit groups are banding together like never before.
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Voices From the Gulf: Martha Bergmark
A Mississippi charity moves past its "Katrina work."
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Voices from the Gulf: Lauren Anderson
Lauren Anderson, chief executive of Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, talks to The Chronicle about the financial strains her organization is...
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Voices from the Gulf: Kelley Allenspach
The director of marketing and membership for Friends of City Park, in New Orleans, talks to The Chronicle about what she loves about the city...
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Voices From the Gulf: Sister Judith Brun
Sister Judith Brun, director of the Community Initiatives Foundation of Baton Rouge, La., tells The Chronicle about her work with displaced children post-Katrina.
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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...
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.
Rebuilding the Gulf
View more >>Katrina: Five Years Later
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A Local Leader Learns How to Slow Down and Step Back
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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A Foundation’s Lesson in Disaster Giving
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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Race and Class Divides Still Cause Struggles
Poor neighborhoods on the Gulf Coast are still struggling five years after Hurricane Katrina, say charity leaders.
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Housing Dearth Causes Trouble
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...
