http://ny2no.net/catherine Just another Ny2no.net weblog Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:32:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is easy when placed in a situation like what we all found ourselves in upon arriving in New Orleans, to focus only on the negative and what needs to be done to correct it. The incomprehensible lack of attention to the struggle of the residents in New Orleans on ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/18/night-of-day-five-and-day-six-a-necessary-break/ In the afternoon of day five, I taught one of the classes in the Xavier Art Department. My class was focused on mobile technology and its place within grassroots journalism and social conversation. I introduced flickr, blip.tv and mobile uploading capabilities on facebook. I showed the class how to register ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/18/day-five-teaching/ On day five, Megan and I met again with Linda Jackson to show her the basic structure of the Lower 9th Ward Homeowner's Association blog and further discuss with her the goals and ideas for the association. We actually ended up talking with her for a couple of hours about ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/18/day-five-another-meeting-with-linda/ On the fourth day of our trip, I spent most of my time at the Xavier University Art Department working on various projects. I assisted Megan MacMurray in constructing the blog for the Porch project and began to work on the Lower 9th Ward Homeowner's Association blog, including constructing the ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/18/day-four-work-work-and-more-work/ After meeting with Linda, Mary took us on a tour of the Lower 9th Ward, including Holy Cross (a section of the Ward that is one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans) and the area where the Industrial Canal Levee was breached. The tour was incredibly difficult. Where a ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/18/day-three-the-tour-that-breaks-your-heart/ In the afternoon, Megan, Yonatan, Dan, Caleb. Paris and I went to the Lower 9th Ward with Mary Hill, a student at Xavier, and Ron Bechet, Director of Xavier's Art Department. First, we went to have a meeting with Linda Jackson at NENA, the Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association, located in ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/18/day-three-a-visit-to-the-lower-9th-ward/ Wednesday was the busiest and hardest day so far. Megan and I went in the morning to the Green Project, an organization that has been present in New Orleans for thirteen years and has been functioning as the city's sole recycling center since the storm. They are a nonprofit organization ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/15/day-three/ On the second day Marianne, Shawn, Patricia, Megan and I met with the Porch Project to discuss their technology needs and introduce them to the blog platform. We also met with Bruce, a professor at Xavier University in the Mass Communications Department and one of the people involved in the ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/15/day-two/ In the late afternoon of the first day, all of us went to Dillard University to meet with various community groups working in different neighborhoods in the city. We introduced ourselves by presenting several projects that students had worked on previously and by explaining this blog platform. Some of the ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/15/community-group-meeting/ Upon arriving in New Orleans, after getting very little sleep the night before, Caleb, Yonatan and I received one of the rental cars and attempted to find our way to the hotel. We were initially following behind others but, thanks to inserting the incorrect address into our GPS navigation system, ... http://ny2no.net/catherine/2007/03/15/5/ 39.66806 -76.379227