Iowa workers find purpose aiding Katrina evacuees in Louisiana
Missy Hall and Meghann Fallon from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City co manage a Red Cross shelter in Amite Louisiana housing Katrina evacuees from Plaquemines Parish. They joined the relief effort after a week off from University of Iowa and Iowa State classes and report transformative experiences helping displaced residents.
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Iowa
Red Cross
Louisiana
Orian Love
Gazette
Ammond
Missy Hall
Cedar Rapids
Missy
Immanuel Baptist Church
New Orleans
Orlan Love
Brian Ray
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
Baton Rouge
Hall
Meghann Fallon
Iowa City
Fallon
Plaquemines Parish
AmeriCorps
Gulf Coast
the Gazette
Keyira Mackey
Port Sulphur
Alexa Donalson
Hammond
Black resilience and aid amid Katrina disaster
The piece notes African Americans leading fundraising and relief, with Darnell Hunt comparing the event to historic traumas. It describes volunteers donating money and supplies and families taking in relatives, while noting President Bush era mishandling and racial/p economic disparities. A Cedar Rapids relief scene shows Betty Nollen distributing food with Hershey Williams assisting.
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Darnell Hunt
UCLA
Ni York
Betty Nollen
Hershey Williams
Cedar Rapids
Donnie Randle el
Brandon Benford
Family of Katrina Evacuees Reaches Cedar Rapids
Claudia Fontenette led a New Orleans family of five to Cedar Rapids on Saturday with help from sister Ethel Milton who had resided in Iowa since August. Milton’s daughter Tamara, a law school graduate, along with Fontenette’s son, daughter and granddaughter, accompanied her.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Edar Rapids
New Orleans
Claudia Fontenette
Ethel Milton
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Louisiana
Fontenette
Milton
Tamara
Grant Wood Exhibit Draws Cedar Rapids Visitors
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art opens Grant Wood At 5 Turner Alley drawing art lovers within an hour. Visitors like Sarah Spina, a local native now in California, praise the 180 plus piece collection and note the Iowa pride. Exhibit runs through Dec 4 with varied hours and admission. American Gothic is prominently displayed.
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Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Turner Alley
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Sarah Spina
California
Wood
McKinley Middle School
Washington High School
Spina
Midwest
Iowa
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