John Thompson is an exoneree, and the founder and director of Resurrection After Exoneration;
Ora Nitkin-Kaner (AVODAH ‘08-’09) is a former exoneree advocate with RAE.
RAE is hosting its first organizational fundraiser on June 19th in New Orleans’ French Quarter to bring awareness of the issues of wrongful conviction to a larger audience. For more information, visit [...]
by Jenna Pollock
AVODAH New Orleans Corps Member
IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? COMMUNITY PARTNERS PRESENT GROUND-BREAKING DOCUMENTARY
UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? is a groundbreaking new documentary series that crisscrosses the country exploring how the social conditions in which Americans are born, live and work profoundly affect health and longevity, even more than medical [...]
Every year, Jazz Fest depends on volunteers to help make the festival happen. And every year, volunteers swarm in, benefitting from free entrance to the festival as a perk for donating their time and energy.
A recent article in the Times-Picayune highlights the seasoned volunteers, who come back year after year to work with local chefs [...]
The most recent issue of the Gambit Weekly featured a profile on the state of Public Defense in Orleans parish. The system is underfunded, defense attorneys are overworked, and basic civil rights are at risk for individuals who cannot afford the high fees of a private attorney.
The Orleans Public Defenders office has partnered with AVODAH: [...]
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
While Mardi Gras parades and events at the Superdome are back on TV, most areas in New [...]
Last month, Baptist Hospital uptown (now owned by Ochsner) reopened its Emergency Room, giving uptown residents more convenient access to emergency healthcare. The openning has since been praised as another step towards recovery, since access to healthcare in New Orleans has been limited since Katrina. However, a story published in the Times-Picayune sheds light on [...]
Read full post...“Ed Buckner stood up at his son’s funeral last spring and told a lie. He said he had forgiven whoever shot the 26-year-old five times in the head outside a Gretna club. In truth, he still yearned to hunt down and kill the killer. Detectives could not identify a suspect. They rarely called the victim’s [...]
Read full post...AVODAH Corps member Meredith Grabek was recently interviewed by two local news sources for her work with Rebuilding Together New Orleans.
Here, Meredith is featured on the Fox 8 news:
Also, listen to the WWNO news story that aired during NPR’s Morning Edition earlier this month. Click here.
Read full post...Oregonians fighting poverty
By DEBORAH MOON
article created on: 2009-01-15
Four 20-something Oregonians—Briana Carp, Samuel Asarnow and Viviana Gordon from Portland, and David Eber from Salem—are spending a year performing community service through Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps.
The year-long service corps brings recent college graduates from a range of Jewish backgrounds to work full-time on urban poverty issues. [...]
Green-Collar Job Training after Katrina
January 5, 2009
By Cassandra Stern
Apollo News Service
NEW ORLEANS - The shape of a national clean energy, good jobs training program for young people is gaining real definition here, where 800 young people are beginning full-time service as part of the Conservation Corps of Greater New Orleans, earning real money, educational stipends [...]
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