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Looking into the future the Pelican feeding its young from a self-induced wound in its own breast (as depicted, mysteriously, on the state flag of Louisiana) is accepted as an appropriate symbol of both self-sacrifice and rebirth. Through his selfless efforts, man is raised from the slavery of ignorance to the condition of freedom conferred by wisdom. Given the current state of affairs in Louisiana, one hopes that the understanding of the Pelican as a symbol shall point the way towards a new consciousness of ourselves as a whole, and lead us to face our futures with strength, grace, wisdom and faith, to learn from our mistakes and carry our successes and zest for living to future generations.

New Orleans Public Housing News, Post Katrina

  1. The New Orleans Catastrophe - Laboratory for the right wing - You're unlikely to ever learn that immediately following the floods New Orleans became a laboratory for various crack pot right wing causes: no labor laws, no environmental laws, destruction of the public school system, destruction of public housing, destruction of public medicine...watch video

  2. First Came Katrina, Then Came HUD - In late November, the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) had approved $30 million in contracts to demolish the B.W. Cooper, C.J. Peete, Lafitte and St. Bernard projects. Public housing residents, lawyers,religious leaders and activists who attempted to stop the demolitions met police head on...read article

  3. New Orleans: Locked Outside the Gates - Dozens of uniformed police secured the gates and other entrances. Only developers and those with special permission from council members were allowed in - the rest were kept locked outside the gates. Despite dozens of open seats in the council chambers, pleas to be allowed in were ignored...read article

  4. HUD Sends New Orleans Bulldozers and $400,000 Apartments for the Holidays - Despite Katrina causing the worst affordable housing crisis since the Civil War, HUD is spending $762 million in taxpayer funds to tear down over 4,600 public housing subsidized apartments and replace them with 744 similarly subsidized units...read article

  5. Video: Protesters at City Hall are Tasered and Pepper Sprayed

  6. High Noon in New Orleans: The Bulldozers Are Ready - Ever since it took over the public housing projects of New Orleans more than a decade ago, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been itching to tear them down...read article

  7. As Police Arrest Public Housing Activists in New Orleans, Federal Officials Try to Silence Leading Attorney for Low-Income Residents - New Orleans police raided the Saint Bernard housing project this morning where activists had been occupying a building to prevent government plans to demolish it. Two people were arrested...read article

  8. The Right to Return to New Orleans Eighteen Months After Katrina - Eighteen months after Katrina, over 80 percent of the 5,100 occupied public-housing apartments in New Orleans remained closed by order of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...read article

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