"During the last week of August 2025, local organizers and community members converged for a Week of Action in New Orleans, as well as locations in Alabama and Mississippi, to share many of these teachings. Organized by the Katrina 20 Local Planning Committee, and anchored by Taproot Earth, the Ashé Cultural Arts Center, and Junebug Productions, the Week of Action included dozens of workshops, film screenings, panel discussions, musical performances, and a People's Assembly that commemorated the 20th anniversary of Katrina and its aftermath and provided important calls to action."
""The last 20 years have shown us that we are at a breaking point. We are seeing the fissures and breaks in democracy, economy and our ecology from the Gulf Coast and Appalachia to the Global South," said Colette Pichon Battle, executive director of Taproot Earth, in an interview with NPQ."
""There was the acute disaster of Katrina, and then there was a crisis that continued-and has continued for 20 years.""
Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 produced massive displacement and long-term harms across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, with over 80 percent of New Orleans residents displaced and nearly 228,000 homes flooded. Recovery unfolded as an ongoing crisis rather than a single event, revealing persistent failures in governmental response and widening social, economic, and ecological fractures. Community organizers marked the 20th anniversary with a Week of Action featuring workshops, film, panels, performances, and a People’s Assembly to commemorate losses and assert continued calls to action. Lessons emphasize climate justice, community governance, sustained solidarity, and the need for philanthropic strategies that support long-term local recovery.
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