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Renaissance Village: FEMA's Dirty Secret
November 7, 2007
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It’s called Renaissance Village. But don’t let the name fool you. It’s the largest FEMA trailer park in the country. It is located about a hundred miles north of New Orleans in Baker, Louisiana.
Right after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, thousands were sent to live there. More than two years after the storm, hundreds of families are still stuck in the trailer park.
We will hear from youth living in Renaissance Village, as well as women living in other FEMA-run trailer parks. We will also hear from those trying to help them get out.
Featuring:
Saket Soni, New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice; Eric Walker, Rasheka London, Keyana London, Renaissance Village youth; Anchanese Levison, Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights; Vicktoria Cintra, FEMA trailer park resident.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Contributing Freelance Producers: the People’s Production House, Ancahnese Levison, Eric Walker, Rasheka London and Keyana London.
Interns: Samson Reiny, Joaquin Palomino, and Elena Botkin-Levy
For more information:
New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice
803 Baronne St.
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-309-5165
organizer@neworleansworkerjustice.org
www.neworleansworkerjustice.org
Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights
PO Box 1223
Greenville, MS 38702
662-334-1122
workersrights@bellsouth.net
www.msworkerscenter.org
The People’s Production House
265 Canal St., suite 410
New York, NY 10013
212-334-7433
www.peoplesproductionhouse.org
Ms. Foundation for Women
120 Wall St., 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
212-742-2300
info@ms.foundation.org
ms.foundation.org
FEMA
500 C St., SW,
Washington, DC 20472
800-621-FEMA
www.fema.gov
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership
1614B Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70113
504-525-2505
www.gchp.net
Common Ground Relief
PO Box 6128
New Orleans, Louisiana 70174
504.304.9097
commongroundrelief@gmail.com
www.commongroundrelief.org
Color of Change
info@colorofchange.org
www.colorofchange.org
Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
PO Box 531
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 419-8311
info@southernstudies.org
www.southernstudies.org/gulfwatch
Gulf Restoration Network
338 Baronne Street, Suite 200
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 525-1528
info@healthygulf.org
www.healthygulf.org
Hands On Gulf Coast
2113 Pass Road
Biloxi, MS 39531
228.257.6094
info@handsongulfcoast.org
www.handsongulfcoast.org
Katrina Information Network
c/o The Praxis Project
1750 Columbia Rd NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 234-5921
info@katrinaaction.org
www.katrinaaction.org
KatrinaRitaVille Express: FEMA Trailer Tour
www.krvexpress.org