Edited by the cultural director of MoveOn.org, "It Takes a Nation" tells the extraordinary story of how thousands of Americans came together to provide shelter, sustenance, and hope to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Through MoveOn.org's Hurricane Housing website, volunteers brought aid to evacuees by providing housing, cars, jobs, clothes, healthcare, and, perhaps most important, community. Presenting a positive contrast to the national shame that was widely felt about the Bush administration's handling of the Katrina ...
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Edited by the cultural director of MoveOn.org, "It Takes a Nation" tells the extraordinary story of how thousands of Americans came together to provide shelter, sustenance, and hope to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Through MoveOn.org's Hurricane Housing website, volunteers brought aid to evacuees by providing housing, cars, jobs, clothes, healthcare, and, perhaps most important, community. Presenting a positive contrast to the national shame that was widely felt about the Bush administration's handling of the Katrina crisis, these candid first-person accounts and portraits are a moving testament to the power of everyday people to make miracles happen.
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Smith, C. B. (Photographer) Very good. Cover has slight wear and soiling. xvii, [1], 134 p. Illustrations (many in color). Resources. Laura Dawn is an American political activist and singer/songwriter. She has been the Cultural Director for MoveOn since March 2004 and was named the organization's National Creative Director in 2007. In 2006, Dawn compiled and edited the book It Takes a Nation: How Strangers Became Family in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, the story of MoveOn Civic Action's Hurricane Housing program, featuring a foreword by Senator Barack Obama. Using the innovative online organizing techniques that MoveOn is famous for, MoveOn Civic Action members housed over 30, 000 evacuees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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