Power Amidst Chaos: Post-Katrina Funding of Advocacy

This publication recounts the challenges to funding advocacy work after the devastating hurricane season of 2005, including how grantmakers successfully helped empower those affected, as well as tips for funding and preparing for advocacy in response to future disasters.

Published: 2007

Length:  36 pp

Cost:  FREE OF CHARGE
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RELATED RESOURCE:  The Center for Social Inclusion’s report, Triumph Over Tragedy, Leadership, Capacity and Needs in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, recommends to foundations and national organizations how to best support local rebuilding efforts by identifying community assets, gaps in the rebuilding work, and challenges faced by leaders. This report finds that, with proper support, local leaders can strengthen their leadership and strategies to rebuild both their communities and a healthy, thriving region.