Homework is to post a summary of your article on Katrina or Michael Jackson and post here.
Other homework is to continue reading Dyson, Section 1. See reading assignment sheet. Continue doing exercises in Pidd. Hopefully it is a review. If you are having difficulty, let me know and get help in the LRC or Learning Resource Center. You can also visit me on MW between 9-11 or after 12.
Tuesday-Thursday between 12-1. This Tuesday,Sept.6, 1-3 PM, I want to go see the unveiling of the Remember Them Grand Unveiling at the Henry J.Kaiser Memorial Park 19th Street & Telegraph in Oakland.
The Unveiling ceremony will introduce the first installation phase of "Remember Them: Champions for Humanity," the largest bronze monument in the West, which will weigh more than 40,000 pounds, cover more than 1,000 square feet and measure 25 feet tall and 52 feet wide. Remember Them, a 501(c)3 nonprofit project, is a world-class monument featuring 25 humanitarians.
Visit http://www.remember-them.org/index.htm
Other homework is to continue reading Dyson, Section 1. See reading assignment sheet. Continue doing exercises in Pidd. Hopefully it is a review. If you are having difficulty, let me know and get help in the LRC or Learning Resource Center. You can also visit me on MW between 9-11 or after 12.
Tuesday-Thursday between 12-1. This Tuesday,Sept.6, 1-3 PM, I want to go see the unveiling of the Remember Them Grand Unveiling at the Henry J.Kaiser Memorial Park 19th Street & Telegraph in Oakland.
The Unveiling ceremony will introduce the first installation phase of "Remember Them: Champions for Humanity," the largest bronze monument in the West, which will weigh more than 40,000 pounds, cover more than 1,000 square feet and measure 25 feet tall and 52 feet wide. Remember Them, a 501(c)3 nonprofit project, is a world-class monument featuring 25 humanitarians.
Visit http://www.remember-them.org/index.htm
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Lena Chhit
Wanda Sabir
English 1a 11am-1150am
2 September 2011
Summary of Hurricane Katrina Article
“Hurricane Katrina: Six Years Later”, by Britt Middleton, is an article that summarizes the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It talks about how many people, mostly the African American community, are still affected by what happened six years ago. Since then many homes and housing apartment complexes have been rebuilt. Schools have been split into charter schools. “Nearly seventy–five percent of the public schools in New Orleans have become charters since Katrina. Over fifty percent of public school students in New Orleans attend public charter schools.”
Middleton states many facts with numbers that he found through various sources. Some of them include: “343,829. The current population of the city of New Orleans, about 110,000 less than when Katrina hit. New Orleans is now whiter, more male and more prosperous. Source: Greater New Orleans Community Data Center.” and “70. Seventy percent more people are homeless in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. People living with HIV are estimated to be homeless at 10 times the rate of the general population, a condition amplified after Hurricane Katrina.”
He also found that because of discrimination against the African American community concerning the pay out of federal rebuilding funds many homeowners will be paid in the disbursement from the amount of $62 million. “African-American homeowners were more likely than whites to have their rebuilding grants based on much lower pre-storm value of their homes rather than the higher estimated cost to rebuild them. Source: Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.”
The efforts to restore what was loss or taken away, shows to be a continuing struggle even six years later.
Works Cited
Middleton, Britt. “Hurricane Katrina: Six Years Later”. www.bet.com/news. 29 August 2011.
Marcel Rollock
Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11-1150AM
2 September 2011
Summary of Lower 9th Ward Article
Cain Burdeau from the Associated Press recently wrote an article focusing on New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward 6 years after Hurricane Katrina. Burdeau discusses how the area hardest hit by Katrina has been extremely slow to rebuild despite efforts from big name actors Brad Pitt and Wendell Pierce.
The focal point of the article is the lack of redevelopment both residential and commercial. Burdeu states, “Presently the Lower 9th Ward has just 5,500 residents – one-third its pre-Katrina population”. Recently the star of an HBO series about New Orleans, Wendell Pierce, announced he is backing a new supermarket to be built in the area. At the moment people who live in the area have to drive around 10 miles to get to the closest supermarket. But residents remain doubtful of this news as over the last six years countless promises have been made and broken while other parts of New Orleans have prospered due to federal recovery dollars.
Burdeau also talks about the lack of people who came back to the Lower 9th Ward after the Hurricane. Because of this residents who did come back feel their neighborhood has been forgotten. Even though politicians promised help in the way of millions of dollars the Lower 9th Ward is just like many other low-income communities who had difficulties rebuilding since Katrina.
Work Cited
Burdeau, Cain. “6 years after Katrina, Lower 9th Ward still bleak”. Associated Press.
Stephanie Kiick
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50AM
1 September 2011
Summary of Article: The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
On August 25, 2011 a private ceremony was held in the upper 9th ward of Musicians Village in New Orleans for the grand opening of the Ellis Marsalis Center of Music. Ellis Marsalis senior has been very popular jazz pianist and an icon in musical education for decades, mainly at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and the University of New Orleans. The musical, educational and community center took a year-long effort to fund. The efforts began when Harry Connick Jr, a former student of Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis's son, manager Ann Wilkins and the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity teamed up to put a musical and community center in the Musicians Village. The village has been the home to many displaced musicians from the devastating Hurricane Katrina. The Ellis Marsalis' main focus is for Musicians' Village students to, “perpetuate New Orleans music and culture” (Spera, par. 5), but also give assistance to community members. Marsalis and Connick kept the center free to everyone except the insurance on the instruments which is supplied by the center. The Ellis Marsalis Center includes a large studio, a multipurpose performance hall with a stage, recording accessibility, a computer lab, a small music library, rehearsal rooms, a central courtyard, a toddler park, music classes, as well as after school programs and activities. The center took most of the funding help from live performances, private donations, efforts from Habitat for Humanity, but mostly The Dave Matthews Band who gathered 1.5 million dollars from performances. Executive director of the Ellis Marsalis Center, Michele Jean-Pierre says, “Access is sometimes and issue...Adolescents in New Orleans need structure... Music is so much a part of the fiber of this culture...Music instruction is not as easily accessible post-Katrina” (par. 21).
Works Cited
Spera, Keith. “Ellis Marsalis Center for Music opens in Musicians' Village.” New Orleans Times: Time-Picayune 25 Aug. 2011. 29 Aug. 2011 (http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2011/08/ellis_marsalis_center_for_musi.html)
Stephanie Kiick
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50AM
1 September 2011
Summary of Article
On August 25, 2011 a private ceremony was held in the upper 9th ward of Musicians Village in New Orleans for the grand opening of the Ellis Marsalis Center of Music. Ellis Marsalis senior has been very popular jazz pianist and an icon in musical education for decades, mainly at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and the University of New Orleans. The musical, educational and community center took a year-long effort to fund. The efforts began when Harry Connick Jr, a former student of Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis's son, manager Ann Wilkins and the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity teamed up to put a musical and community center in the Musicians Village. The village has been the home to many displaced musicians from the devastating Hurricane Katrina. The Ellis Marsalis' main focus is for Musicians' Village students to, “perpetuate New Orleans music and culture” (Spera, par. 5), but also give assistance to community members. Marsalis and Connick kept the center free to everyone except the insurance on the instruments which is supplied by the center. The Ellis Marsalis Center includes a large studio, a multipurpose performance hall with a stage, recording accessibility, a computer lab, a small music library, rehearsal rooms, a central courtyard, a toddler park, music classes, as well as after school programs and activities. The center took most of the funding help from live performances, private donations, efforts from Habitat for Humanity, but mostly The Dave Matthews Band who gathered 1.5 million dollars from performances. Executive director of the Ellis Marsalis Center, Michele Jean-Pierre says, “Access is sometimes and issue...Adolescents in New Orleans need structure... Music is so much a part of the fiber of this culture...Music instruction is not as easily accessible post-Katrina” (par. 21).
Works Cited
Spera, Keith. “Ellis Marsalis Center for Music opens in Musicians' Village.” New Orleans Times: Time-Picayune 25 Aug. 2011. 29 Aug. 2011 (http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2011/08/ellis_marsalis_center_for_musi.html)
Darrin Webster
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11 - 11:50 AM
3 september 2011
Article Summary
The gulf coast had a mix of ceremonies on the sixth anniversary of Katrina and to honor those that died during the storm. Six years later the most disastrous and ultimately expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, The third coast has made a strong recovery.
The storm claimed mere than 1800 lives, most of which in New Orleans, after flood waters broke levees and flood walls built by the Army Corps of Engineers. Local residents and some returning former residents that were dispersed after the storm hit, commemorated those that were lost by marching through the streets of the recently rebuilt 9th ward and hung a wreath on an oak tree(this has become a ritual every year.) Meanwhile, New Orleans mayor Mitch Landurieu and his sister U.S. Senator Mary Laundrieu accompanied by hundred of other people walked to the top of a bridge in the lower 9th ward and tossed a bouquet of flowers into the industrial canal.
The people of new orleans reunited with former neighbors and long lost family members during these celebrations. Residents are saying that although there is still much to be done things are looking better as far as rebuilding although there are still many issues left to be resolved. Problems such as teachers loosing there jobs thanks to a new education system and how to get small businesses in the area thriving again.
Works cited
Burdeau, Cain. "Katrina's 6th anniversary finds Gulf Coast on mend." South Florida Times 1 sept. 2011.
Melody Webster
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
4 September 2011
Article Summary
In commemoration of those lost in the catastrophic natural disaster that was Hurricane Katrina, Lewis and his Original Big 9 Social Aid and Pleasure Club made a march down the streets of the Lower 9th ward, one of the most effected areas, and hung a new wreath for the sixth anniversary. This has become a yearly ritual for the residents of New Orleans, as they try to remain upbeat in their ongoing rebuilding process. The hurricane destroyed a community that thrived on working together and friendliness. Now, every year, they gather in hopes of better steps towards the future.
Hurricane Katrina claimed over 1,800 lives when the levees built by the Army Corps Engineers burst. New Orleans was hit the hardest, and is still attempting to recover today. As Lower 9th Ward resident, Ronald Lewis, states "We're coming back, one house at a time, just like the community was built so many years ago." Moreover, the citizens are taking this disaster as a time to reform many points that were weak in their community. Such as, the "scandal-plauged police department," the education system, and a new evacuation system that takes into account those without transportation.
With determination and rage, the citizens are working towards a better life and a steady rebuild. With the new education system, test scores have heightened and there is less racial differences between black and white students. There are now local heath clinics around the city, and the rebuilding of housing is helping those in poverty to find a home as well. Mayor Landrieu, the main speaker at many events in the city, explained that "collectively, we as a people have found a way to begin major systemic change."
Works Cited
Burdeau, Cain. McGill, Kevin. "Katrina's 6th Anniversary Finds Gulf Coast On Mend." South Florida Times. 4 September 2011.
Marena Perez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11am-11:50am
5 September 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jrxVQa9YgzAGhYnaPX6Do_sKdJdw?docId=2ffbe74a73dd44c390b3bdcffaf390f3
Freewrite: 6th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
It has been 6 years since Hurricane Katrina made its impact on the southern coastline of the U.S and shook our confidence in our country and our safety. With over 1,800 fatalities and $81 billion in damage it seems that time does heal all wounds. Though New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward received the worst of this horrific cyclone it looks like the public is more than willing to start over and do it right. The article by Cain Burdeau gives a little synopsis of how New Orleans is celebrating the 6th Anniversary not with sorrow but with hope and a renewed sense of community.
He begins his article summarizing the depth of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction. Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana’s coastal towns were overcome with disaster but the highest losses were in New Orleans. The poorly made levees and floodwalls were no match for the tempestuous storm. Yet despite the pain and suffering New Orleans is slowly making its comeback.
On Monday the anniversary celebrations were held in various parts of the gulf coast but none were as vibrant as the culturally rich New Orleans. The Lower 9th Ward honored the memory of the lives lost by marching a second-line down the only street that was rebuilt after the chaos. After the march wreaths were mounted in memory of individuals and neighbors greeted each other or danced to the big brass band. Though the hurricane was tragic the community is not in complete despair.
The Mayor of New Orleans with his sister joined the hundreds of people that walked to the top of the bridge in the Lower 9th Ward in another event on Monday. Flowers were thrown into the Industrial Canal, the same place where the floodwalls fell apart. At The New Orleans University a lecture was held discoursing over a new book written about the state regaining its neighborhood and unity.
New Orleans maybe recovering but it would not be so if it were not for the public’s outrage towards the nation’s and its own government. With the people rising together passionately they have accomplished great things. Not only is the New Orleans police department being monitored, the education system is making positive improvements, and a well-rounded evacuation system has been presented clearly. Though Hurricane Katrina is an absolute tragedy without this horror there would be no sense of community or an urge for change. This natural disaster has opened the eyes of our nation and I believe is continuing to bring us to awareness of our own state and safety.
Sean Newton
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11am-11:50am
5 September 2011
Article Summary
In 2002 , Celeste Terrell was on her way to become the hair stylist she always dreamed of. She was a classy girl who lived in New Orleans at the time, studying hair styling in the day and singing with jazz groups at night time. Everything changed for her in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina arrived. A few weeks before the hurricane came, her college boyfriend suggested that she should come to Alameda, California. Celeste and her mother drove all the way from New Orleans to California to start their new lives.
It was hard for her to live somewhere different, she felt guilty, times were tough. The state wouldn't recognize her Louisiana styling license so she had to get a job as a Nanny before getting a California one. She married her college boyfriend and got her hair styling license years later and worked as a stylist at the Claremount Hotel.
She is now renovating and redecorating her own salon here in Alameda, which will be completed in October.
Barret, Liz. "At Orange Salon, Big Easy meets Island City." Alameda Journal. 26 August 2011. Print.
Javier Flores
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00AM-11:50AM
6 September 2011
Summary of Michael Jackson Article
Two years and three months after Michael Jackson’s sudden death at age 50, his physician Conrad Murray will begin his pre trial for involuntary man-slaughter of Jackson. Murray is being accused of administering deadly amounts of strong anesthetics which supposedly caused Jackson’s death. An ongoing subject in the case is whether or not the jurors will be sequestered during the trial. Basically meaning the jurors will be isolated and hidden from reporters and public access to media involving the trial.
The last time a jury was sequestered was during the O.J Simpson trial, also because of his high profile. The judge ruled against having the jurors sequestered because he believed the jurors would avoid all media for fear of legal punishment. Murrays lawyer are filing for an appeal of the judges decision stating that the trial will be “the most publicized in history.” They are also filing for the trial to be put on hold until there is a decision made from the appellate court.
According to the prosecution Murray was distracted while administering Jackson lethal doses of anesthetic. Security guard will also be testifying that Murray improperly doing CPR. Murray also was late in calling 911 for help. Murray was able to have Jackson declared dead a couple of hours later than he really was. The case is expected to last approximately two months
Works Cited
Vogel, Carol. “Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s Doctor Fight to Have Jurors Sequestered”. www.artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.comn. 05 september 2011.
Edwin Peabody
Professor Sabir
English 1A
2 September 2011
I found an article by president Obama addressing the tragedy that occurred six years ago in New Orleans. Throughout the article Obama reassures the American people that the government is doing the best they can to make sure that New Orleans fully recovers. He mentions that the government has made sure the school system in New Orleans has the proper tools and resources for education. The government has also provided long term housing for the people of New Orleans who lost their homes. When it comes to America’s disaster response team, Obama mentions that the government has worked very hard to enhance its preparedness efforts so that Americans are ready before another disaster strikes.
Tori Coleman
Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50
5 September 2011
Article Summary
Michael Jackson’s 53rd birthday: the world celebrates was an article on yahoo news the day of August 30, 2011. Michael Jackson was/ is known worldwide as being one of the most influential people in the world. Even passed his death about three years ago, Michael Jackson’s death is mourned but his life is still celebrated. His life touched so many people. Worldwide people wanted to pay their respects to the man that changed their lives forever. Throughout the week several events took place around the country. In Chicago a bash was extended out to the Jackson’s family. In San Francisco a city wide flash mob took place with an inspiration of many of Michael Jackson’s songs and dance moves. These were just a couple of amazing tributes that occurred in remembrance of the great late MJ. Michael Jackson not only touched his fans he also inspired his fellow musician. Though Michael Jackson is no longer alive his music and contributions to the world will forever live on.
Source/citation:
http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons53rd-birthday-world-celebrates-233204096.html
Jesse Pinkney
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11am-11:50am
7 September 2011
Hurricane Katrina
I read a piece by a New York native, Bay Area resident Davey D. In this article he speaks about the terrorism experienced by many citizens of New Orleans because the color of their skin due to the size and damage Hurricane Katrina did. In the article Davey D talks about how Black America got her own 9-11, he claims New Orleans was hit with an act of terrorism that was just as devastating if not more than what took place when the Twin Towers were felled by planes.
He also talks about how the levees were not in the proper condition to handle a hurricane of this magnitude. Professor Robert Bea who headed u the engineering team from UC Berkeley says the levees were designed in such a way that they were destined to fail. Also Congress women Cynthia Mckinney and a number of organizations held meetings in New Orleans where residents spoke about hearing a number of large explosions near where the levees were breached. Even horrific accounts of police shootings, and vigilante killings of blacks by roving mobs of whites took place. Their were more than 200 killings of innocent black people by white mobs.
Presently in New Orleans the lower 9th is disrepair and many of the folks are scattered around the country. Hip Hop is still in disbelief of what happened and how the government handle this incident. Davey is a writer, reporter, and hip hop historian who says that Hurricane Katrina caused home terrorism that still has a impact on the community of New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina: 4 Years Later
Saturday, August 29, 2009
By: Davey D
Allhiphop.com
Sebastian Chastang
Professor Wanda SAbir
English 1A 11am-11:50am
10 September 2011
"Hurricane Katrina Summary"
The project," Ellis Marsalis Center For Music", is a state of the art center for the up and coming youth in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans Louisiana.
The basis of its name stood founded by the legendary black musicians, educators who stood firm in what they believe in for their culture.
The villages' capacity holds approximately 72 single family homes and 10 elderly-friendly duplex units for the city. This organization is located at 1901 Bartholomew Street in the heart of the projects.
The city has a huge background for Jazz and its hope to empower the community by bringing them together in so many words. Its resources that it stretches to the community is unbelievable.
The founders or this project, had so much love for their people that they built this multi-purpose center so that the youth could stop killing, stealing, and dealing to one another to get by. The hope of this center is very bright and it shows hwo much they care for their people becasue of the 70,000 volunteers and donations that come from around the world. All of the founders of this single project had a passion for the things they did, and in having these, they collectively expressed them by bringing this beautiful work of art together, " The Ellis Marsalis Cener for Music"!
Debanique Kemp
Professor Sabir
English 1A 11-11:50AM
13 September 2011
Summary Of the Michael Jackson Article”
When researching Michael Jackson, I came across an article with current updates on the trail regarding his death. Conrad Murray was a medical doctor hired by Jackson to go on tour for his concert. Murray is accused for Jackson’s premature death.
Jackson was taking a daily dosage of Demerol, which was prescribed for pain and for mental stability. It is said that Murphy gave Jackson a lethal injection of propofol, and let him unattended. Propofol is a surgical anesthetic that should only be administered in a surgical setting. Due to the circumstances, Murray bears the responsibility of Jackson’s death. Prosecutor insist hat the trial be focused on Jackson death, not the condition of his mental stability. The trial is scheduled to start the 5th day of September, and is expected to last five weeks.
Work cited
http://latiimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/micheal-jackson-doctor
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