Recovery from Wilma begins for millions

Repair crews across Florida struggled Tuesday to restore electricity to up to 6 million people, reopen the region's airports and replace countless windows blown out of downtown high-rises during Hurricane Wilma's ruinous dash across the state.

Poll: One in Three Say Poor Federal Response to Katrina Hurt Race Relations

In a way, some say, Hurricane Katrina opened up the wounds of racism, leaving many to believe that we’re no different today than we were during the civil rights -- or Civil War -- era.

Houston Residents Struggle to Get Inland to Avoid Hurricane Rita’s Wrath

Hundreds of thousands of people across the Houston metropolitan area struggled to make their way inland in a vast, bumper-to-bumper exodus Thursday as Hurricane Rita closed in on the nation's fourth-largest city with winds howling at 150 mph.>>

Hurricane Katrina | The Aftermath

Katrina's death toll climbs past 1,000

Searchers smashed through doors in New Orleans on Wednesday, bringing their hunt for the dead to homes that had been locked and to blocks hardest hit by Katrina's flooding. Behind those doors, officials said they expected a sharply escalating body count even as the overall death toll passed 1,000.>>

Use of Word ‘Refugee’ Stirs Race Debate Within Major News Organizations

What do you call people who have been driven from their homes with only the clothes on their backs, unsure if they will ever be able to return, and forced to build a new life in a strange place? News organizations are struggling for the right word.>>

Commentary: Katrina Has Blown the Blinders Off America’s Refusal to Address Poverty

What died with New Orleans was the notion that we can continue to deal with grinding poverty and joblessness through isolation, empty slogans and rhetoric.

Interfaith Relief Fund Board Members to Hold Needs Assessment Meeting - 12/17

Co-Chairs, Reverend William H. Gray and Bishop T.D. Jakes along with the board members of the Interfaith Relief Fund will conduct a needs assessment meeting on December 17, 2005 at 11 AM, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown New Orleans.
This is in conjunction with the Bush / Clinton Initiative.
If you are a pastor in the gulf coast area and need assistance, or if you live in the gulf coast area and want to rebuild your life in the gulf coast area, this meeting is designed to help you.

What can you do to help?

BlackAmericaWeb.com and the Tom Joyner Foundation are helping those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Find out how you can help.

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Stories from families affected by Hurricane Katrina

XAVIER AND DILLARD STUDENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA CAN CALL 1-800-624-7189 

To report their circumstances: that they are safe...meaning at home, with a relative or friend...or if they need assistance,  homeless or in a shelter.

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Photo Blog

Are you still searching for loved ones? Post pictures simply by emailing them to BlackAmericaWeb.com's photo blog. Learn how now>>

Make Your Prayer Request
Lord we ask the you bless the survivors of Katrina with hope and strength. Lord please put faith in there lives to know things will get better. Lord bless those families who have lost love ones and who do not know where their love are. In Jesus name we pray, Amen. - BAW Member: BeeeBeone

FEMA RECOVERY UPDATES

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