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Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop (2011) / Chapter Skim
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7 Social Capital
Pages 63-68

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... The experiences of organizations in and around New Orleans after Katrina helped precipitate change in similar organizations elsewhere. In this way, the social capital generated by Katrina generated additional capital elsewhere.
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... What do you anticipate will be the most significant roadblocks? ADDING FLEXIBILITY TO ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: MARY CLAIRE LANDRY During Katrina, the Crescent House domestic violence shelter run by the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans burned to the ground.
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... In these cases, the organization had strong ties to agencies and people outside the area. They also were able to forge what Jenkins called authentic partnerships with the state and federal governments.
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... That clearly doesn't happen anymore." The city now has multiple community health clinics and medical homes. Many of the remaining schools have been converted to charter schools with their own school boards.
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... But the spirit and courage of individual citizens and nongovernmental organizations, including many newcomers to New Orleans, compensated for these failures. Furthermore, the strength of neighborhoods "allowed us to do all kinds of amazing experiments that we would not have done had government been such a strong leader." For example, the food system was so decimated after Katrina that food pro viders were able to sit down with their partners and talk about the basics.
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