Welcome Home Cafe

The Welcome Home Cafe provides free, hot meals to anyone in need. Members of the Rainbow Tribe and other volunteers staff the cafe which is located in the 9th Ward of New Orleans just outside the French Quarter in Washington Square Park of of Royal St.

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	Kathryn O'Connor, Portland, OR Volunteer at the Welcome Home Cafe Talks about taking personal initiative to do some of the tough jobs.
	Jack Wittenbrink, New Orleans Artist Hurricane Survivor Talk about the situation of locals in deciding to evacuate
	Peter Huganir, New Orleans Resident Hurricane Survivor Talks about media presentation of the disaster. For further reading check out this article from the American Journalism Review: The impressive media coverage of Hurricane Katrina was marred by the widespread reporting—sometimes attributed to public officials—of murders and rapes that apparently never took place. What can news outlets learn from this episode to prevent similar problems in the future? By Brian Thevenot Read the whole story at: http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3998
	David Sanotovich, Wisconscin One of the founding volunteers at the New Waveland Cafe and Market. This interview was done at the Welcome Home Cafe where David is involved in start up of that project.