We’d walked maybe a couple of miles under the ever-thickening gray clouds, bouncing slightly to the barely audible rhythm of the brass band that drifted from somewhere out in front of us and trying desperately to stay ahead of the mounted police or, better said, their horses—the horses that, unsympathetic to the slow pace [...]
Read full post...On our final retreat, the 2008-2009 AVODAH New Orleans Corps Members spent the weekend in Poplarville, MS. During the retreat, Corps Member David Eber dressed up as Moses and asked us to write out own 10 commandments for sustaining a life-long commitment to social justice. We created a video called The 10 Commandments of AVODAH [...]
Read full post...John “JT” Thompson, founder and director of Resurrection After Exoneration (RAE), was interviewed recently by CNN’s Becky Anderson for the network’s Connector of the Day segment. JT spent 18 years in prison, 14 of those on death row at Angola Prison, for a murder he didn’t commit. Watch the clip below to learn more about [...]
Read full post...One week after moving to New Orleans and beginning Avodah, I got a call from my family letting me know that my grandfather passed away. That day, some of my housemates put together a lunch bag full of food for me to take on my flight back to Michigan with me. They signed the bag, [...]
Read full post...The first time I got very homesick for my New York home was when I realized October had come to New Orleans without the pomp of changing leaves, chilly, dramatic fall breezes, and the corresponding change in the mood and fashion of those around me. Fall always signals a shift in energy in me and [...]
Read full post...Click here for a multimedia slideshow of David’s work in the Lower 9th Ward, produced by AVODAH alum Ari Shapiro.
As an AVODAHnik during the 2008-09 program year, David Eber worked as the Sustainability Outreach Coordinator at the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development. He has been able to continue his work at [...]
Neshama Carlebach Hosts Benefit Concert
Featuring Ellis Marsalis, Green Pasture Baptist Church Choir and Others
Concert proceeds to benefit local food access organizations to fight hunger and feed hope in Greater New Orleans
The concert will be held Thursday, October 15 at 8 p.m.
at the Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans.
Tickets are $18 in advance [...]
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