The 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering
New Orleans, Louisiana
July 22-26, 2009

Links, Resources, and Bibliography

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Helpful Links  for the Gathering & New Orleans

• The Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, ELCA
• City of New Orleans official Web site
• New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Forever New Orleans TV
• Public transportation
• New Orleans International Airport
• City parks

New Orleans history

• Louisiana and New Orleans history
• PBS Kids GO! Web site for teaching about jazz music and history (For younger kids but some of it is easily adapted for youth.)
• PBS timeline of New Orleans history
• PBS American Experience special: New Orleans

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and recovery

• ELCA Disaster Response
• Bishop Hanson's statement on the hurricanes (9/12/08)
• Resources on the Katrina recovery ministries of Bayou Conference of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod
• Lutheran Disaster Response “Become a Volunteer”
• Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (information on post-Katrina New Orleans)
• Café Reconcile (programs for at-risk youth in New Orleans)
• Interactive map of Katrina flooding of New Orleans
• National Geographic: Inside Hurricane Katrina. (DVD) 2005
• NPR's radio programs on New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina
• “Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward” (stories and interviews on the Tavis Smiley show, PBS)
• New Orleans PodCasts on the recovery effort
• Katrina, The Long Road Back (MSNBC current archive of articles, blogs, news links, etc)
• State Of Louisiana's official Web site for dissemination of information concerning hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• Common Ground Collective disaster relief

Louisiana and New Orleans life and culture

• Katrina’s Children: River of Word's Poetry & Art from Gulf Coast Youth
• Museums
• Audubon Nature Institute
• New Orleans French Quarter
• Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation &Tourism

Good Reading

• Mission Trips That Matter: Embodied Faith for the Sake of the World, by Don C. Richter. Upper Room Books, 2008.
• Welcome Forward: A Field Guide for Global Travelers. ELCA Global Mission, 2005.
• Just Neighbors interactive curriculum on poverty.
• Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus, by Mark Yaconelli. Zondervan/Youth Specialties,  2006.
• Clothed in Nothingness: Consolation for Suffering, by Leonard M. Hummel. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2003.
• Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future, by Margaret J. Wheatley. Berrett-Koehler, 2002.
• 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina, Chris Rose. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
• Beyond Guilt: Christian Response to Suffering, by Rev. George S. Johnson. 1989.
• The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice, by Tony Campolo. Jossey-Bass, 2008.
• Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, by Jed Horne. Random House, 2008.
• “What Katrina Teaches about the Meaning of Racism,” article for the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

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