{"product_id":"we-shall-not-be-moved-rebuilding-home-in-the-wake-of-katrina-paperback","title":"We Shall Not Be Moved: Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Wooten\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It was heartbreaking, but we couldn't give up. I just said, 'Well, I've got to get in and do it.'\"--Phil Harris, eight-decade-long resident of Hollygrove \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As floodwaters drained in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents came to a difficult realization. Their city was about to undertake the largest disaster recovery in American history, yet they faced a profound leadership vacuum: members of every tier of government, from the municipal to the federal level, had fallen down on the job. \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Not Be Moved\u003c\/i\u003e tells the absorbing story of the community leaders who stepped into this void to rebuild the city they loved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From a Vietnamese Catholic priest who immediately knows when two of his six thousand parishioners go missing to a single mother from the Lower Ninth Ward who instructs the likes of Jimmy Carter and Brad Pitt, these intrepid local organizers show that a city's fate rests on the backs of its citizens. On their watch, New Orleans neighborhoods become small governments. These leaders organize their neighbors to ward off demolition threats, write comprehensive recovery plans, found community schools, open volunteer centers, raise funds to rebuild fire stations and libraries, and convince tens of thousands of skeptical residents to return home. Focusing on recovery efforts in five New Orleans neighborhoods--Broadmoor, Hollygrove, Lakeview, the Lower Ninth Ward, and Village de l'Est--Tom Wooten presents vivid narratives through the eyes and voices of residents rebuilding their homes, telling a story of resilience as entertaining as it is instructive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The unprecedented community mobilization underway in New Orleans is a silver lining of Hurricane Katrina's legacy. By shedding light on this rebirth, \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Not Be Moved\u003c\/i\u003e shows how residents, remarkably, turned a profound national failure into a story of hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wooten\u003c\/b\u003e is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eNo One Had a Tongue to Speak\u003c\/i\u003e. Since graduating from Harvard in 2008 and moving to New Orleans, he has worked as a researcher for the Harvard Kennedy School, as a neighborhood volunteer coordinator, and as a fifth- and sixth-grade writing teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344408437043,"sku":"9780807044773","price":41.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kOFS5s9uqr9780807044773.webp?v=1778725466","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/we-shall-not-be-moved-rebuilding-home-in-the-wake-of-katrina-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}