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Organizations

• ACORN Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding Program (353)
  The ACORN Recovery and Rebuilding Program is helping low- and moderate-income New Orleans residents return and rebuild while also working hard to ensure they are coming home to a safe and equitable community where all residents have a voice in the planning process, quality schools, working utilities, and help with housing and insurance settlement problems.

Listservs

• Community Network (422)
  Listserv for organizations and individuals committed to rebuilding the city of New Orleans and the New Orleans Public Schools through resource sharing, community support, and ongoing communication. Initiated by Communities In Schools of New Orleans.
• Frederick Douglass Community Coaltion (343)
  Listserv of the Frederick Douglass Community Coalition, a community organization working for improved public education in New Orleans.

News/Links

• New Orleans 2.0 (349)
  A resource site for rebuilding New Orleans. Includes news and discussions.

Organizations

• Alliance for Affordable Energy (331)
  The Alliance for Affordable Energy is announcing and encouraging people to attend a Public Hearing on Entergy N.O.'s request for a rate increase to have ratepayers pay for the hurricane damage as well as to make up for lost revenue from those New Orleanians who are not returned. The hearing will be held on Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 at 10 a.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. (Flyers are available.)
  The Alliance is an intervenor in this rate case, and has submitted formal comments, available upon request. Our position is that the City Council should first require Entergy to use the demand side management law (Least Cost Planning Ordinance of 1991) already on the books, to show what they are doing to reduce demand so that bills do not escalate and further and can, in fact go down. The fact that ENO is in bankruptcy court limits what they can invest in (as in energy efficiency measures) as the court will see that they accomodate their creditors first. We, ratepayers, are also creditors in a sense - as they pay their bills based on what we allow them to charge as rates. We must be considered equally. The Council, as regulators of this regulated monopoly, must balance both the ratepayers rights (and solvency - in this unusual case) and the company's. We think that Entergy, Inc. - the stockholders of the whole holding company should be asked to help bail out ratepayers. There record profits in the last year obligates them to also "do the right thing" - give up some of those profits to help this city recover and actually grow. Karen Wimpelberg, Pres. of the Board; Regulatory Affairs Coordinator. 866-4925
• Ashe' Cultural Arts Center (364)
  Ashe' Cultural Arts Center
• City Works (390)
  City Works
• Common Ground (403)
  Common Ground Relief Collective
• Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans (329)
  To enable and empower Louisiana families of individuals with special needs through an effective coordinated network of Resources, Support, and Services
• Neighborhoods Planning Network (401)
  Neighborhoods Planning Network
• New Orleans ACORN (338)
  The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
• New Orleans Indy Media (436)
  New Orleans Indy Media
• New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival (353)
  Fourth Annual Grassroots Festival of Social Justice Films and Community in Spring 2007.
• NO/AIDS Task Force (343)
  NO/AIDS
• People's Hurricane Relief Fund (344)
  The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition (PHRF/OC), composed primarily of left and progressive community, labor, civic and political organizations aims to make a concrete contribution to advancing the Katrina Reconstruction and Justice movement
• People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (356)
  Dedicated to training and organizing.
• People's Organizing Committee (365)
  A grassroots network of community leaders working to help to meet the needs of people most impacted by Katrina.
  
• Preservation Trades Network (296)
  The Preservation Trades Network (PTN) is 501(c)3 non-profit membership organization founded as an education, networking, and outreach organization established on the principle that conservation of the built environment is fundamentally dependent on the quality, availability, and viability of the skilled trades. We believe that opportunities for education, employment, and compensation of people in the trades are directly reflected in the quality of the built environment, and the effective stewardship of cultural heritage.
• Project PROMPT (303)
  Project PROMPT provides a variety of workshops to parents of children with special needs. Workshops include training on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and related federal and state laws.
• Reconstruction Watch (348)
  Watching the reconstruction in New Orleans