John Thompson was exonerated in 2003 after spending 14 years on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals just upheld a ruling that the New Orleans District Attorny’s office pay Thompson $1 million for each of those 14 years. As explained by the Times-Picayune on Sunday, Dec [...]
Read full post...The Nation magazine’s columnist Katha Pollitt publishes an annual list of organizations worthy of end-of-year donations. This year’s list, to be published in the January 5 edition, includes New Orleans’ own Resurrection After Exoneration. Here’s what she has to say about RAE:
4. Resurrection After Exoneration. An outgrowth of The Innocence Project of New Orleans, RAE is [...]
The recently published Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, by Edward Kritzler, explores Jewish ties to the legendary pirates who plagued the Caribbean during the Age of Discovery. While the scholarship is lacking, according to Adam Kirsch, who wrote a review of the book for J. The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, the links Kritzler [...]
Read full post...e2 (squared) is an ongoing PBS series about the economies of being environmentally conscious. With a combination of policy technology and ingenuity. From energy consumption to building efficiency. It chronicles global efforts to solve pressing ecological challenges.
Visit www.e2-series.com and then click ‘webcasts’ at the top of the page. In season three, there is an episode [...]
New Orleanians awoke on Thursday morning to life inside a snow globe: big, fluttery snowflakes filled the sky and covered plants, cars, and buildings. Many schools were closed in the area, and children celebrated having a snow day — a first for most. The last time it snowed in New Orleans was on Christmas Day [...]
Read full post...Check out this video profiling Resurrection After Exoneration, a local nonprofit organization that works to help exonerees from death row reintegrate into society. Ora Nitkin-Kaner, a 2008-2009 AVODAH Corps member, is currently working as an Exoneree Advocate for RAE.
Read full post...Footage of the Launch Party was shot and edited by Rachel Lee, 2008-2009 AVODAH Corps Member. See David Eber’s story for more details about the Launch event.
Read full post...Students from Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work paid a visit to New Orleans in November. While here, they spent a day in service with the St. John’s Baptist Church Social Ministry, led by Pastor Bruce Davenport, and visited the Kingsley House, a “resettlement and recovery center” with a mission to “educate children, strengthen [...]
Read full post...Visit the Orleans Public Defenders website. Eliza Baron, a 2008-2009 AVODAH Corps Member, is currently working as a Client Welfare Specialist at the Orleans Public Defenders office.
Public defenders ask New Orleans City Council to plug holes in budget
by Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune
Published: November 20, 2008
Leaders of the Orleans public defenders office are asking the [...]
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