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Sharing a meal

Corps members live communally in their Jefferson Avenue house uptown

Shine

Celebrating Sukkot

In October 2008, Corps members hosted a potluck under the backyard sukkah

Churches

Resurrection After Exoneration

Ora Nitkin-Kaner, 08-09, still works at RAE after finishing the AVODAH program

Civic Involvement

Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development

Corps members visited this Lower 9th Ward organization during Orientation

Action

Learning about Bayou Bienvenue

Alum David Eber teaches the group about deforestation in the cypress swamps

Churches

Highlighting the Jewish Community's Involvement in Rebuilding New Orleans

This site is hosted by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, which launched its New Orleans program in the fall of 2008. AVODAH engages young people in direct work on the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values.

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Gillian Locascio
Gillian Locascio, from Tacoma, WA, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Emory University. A semester abroad in Panama inspired Gillian to work with an Engineers Without Borders program there, as well as to earn sponsorship for her thesis research on indigenous home gardens. While in college, Gillian helped plan an environmental seminar series and served as President of the Culinary Club. Gillian will serve as the Community Coordinator at the Tulane University Community Health Center at Covenant House, where she will manage outreach efforts to improve the value of the clinic for the community. The Health Center was established in the days following Hurricane Katrina and provides continuous high-quality, holistic, accessible, community-centric care.

The Interpreter

Nov 18th, 2009 by Gillian Locascio | 0

For the last four years, most of my food advocacy has been on a college campus. I worked in my community. I had a stake in the aesthetics, the educational priorities, the social and environmental footprint, and, of course, the food itself. No one questioned if I had a right to be there, voicing [...]

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It’s nice to be happy: Second lining

Oct 30th, 2009 by Gillian Locascio | 0

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 [...]

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