Article in the Portland, Oregon Jewish Review
A recent article in the Portland, Oregon Jewish Review features Corps Member David Eber and his work in the Lower 9th Ward:
Salem man healing Lower Ninth Ward
David Eber gives a year to New Orleans
By DEBORAH MOON
article created on: 2009-02-15T00:00:00
DAVID EBER looks over the Mississippi River from atop the levee intended to protect New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.
While Mardi Gras parades and events at the Superdome are back on TV, most areas in New Orleans are still devastated more than three years after Hurricane Katrina hit the coast.
“New Orleans is by no means recovered,” said Salem native David Eber who is in the middle of a year volunteering in New Orleans with Avodah: The Jewish Service Corp.
“The greater population seems to think that things are better than they are … New Orleans and Lower Ninth Ward in particular need advocates.
“The more people decry the state of New Orleans and Gulf Coast recovery, the sooner the powers that be will get the message that America hasn’t given up on bringing New Orleans back for good.”
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David Eber said:
Just so everyone knows, the caption on the photo is incorrect. I am actually standing at the Bayou Bienvenue Platform on the Northern side of the Lower 9th Ward, not the Mississippi River, which is on the southern side of Lower 9.