The Magnolia Project Summer Service Trip to New Orleans is a three week service and educational trip from May 22 – June 12. The purpose of the trip is to assist with the rebuilding effort and moreover, to provide emotional support to the residents in the area. Anyone is welcome to sign up for the trip and as part of our objective to tailor to students and faculty of all backgrounds, we will be offering scholarships for people that cannot afford to go on the trip otherwise. The total cost will amount to $350 plus money raised from required fundraising activities. This will cover the three weeks, which includes housing, transportation, and food.
On the trip, you will have the opportunity to support community members by:
- Preparing public housing units for returning residents
- Cleaning up the residential environment
- Gutting and rebuilding houses
- Communicating with residents about desired changes and solutions
We will be working with the People’s Organizing Committee an organization dedicated to Katrina relief. Here is their mission statement:
“To build and maintain a coordinated network of community leaders, organizers and community based organizations with the capacity and organizational infrastructure that can help to meet the needs of people most impacted by Katrina and facilitate an organizing process that will demand local, grassroots leadership in the relief, return and reconstruction process in New Orleans.”
More specific details about the trip are to come, so stay tuned. For questions or concerns, you can contact Alice Chamberlain.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~magnolia/trip.html
deadline to register: March 23rd 2007
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