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LDRF delivers Gulf South communities' recovery priorities to President Obama's Long Term Recovery Working Group. Read the full release.

LDRF staff and board extend our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and communities who recently lost Pam Dashiell. Pam was a committed citizen who worked tirelessly for Louisiana's recovery. Her leadership, integrity and warmth will be long remembered and greatly missed.

Op-Ed, "New Orleans Embodies Nation's New Spirit," co-authored by LDRF Chairman of the Board, Ambassador James Joseph, published in Oct. 14th Times Picayune.

Media coverage of "A Portrait of Louisiana: the Louisiana Human Development Report":
"Baton Rouge gets best, worst rating in study" -- The Baton Rouge Advocate
"Racial, economic disparities revealed in new report on living conditions in Louisiana" -- New Orleans Times Picayune
"Life expectancy for African-Americans in N.O. rival that of some developing nations" -- WWL TV, New Orleans
"Report shows that disparities continue between area's black, white residents" -- Lafourche Parish Daily Comet

LDRF to release "A Portrait of Louisiana: Louisiana Human Development Report," 10:00 am at Gallier Hall on Thursday, Sept. 17. Published in partnership with Oxfam America and the Foundation for the Mid South, the Louisiana Human Development report offers a parish-by-parish of quality of life indicators such as income, life span, housing, infant mortality, homicide rates and others. The report will provide a much-needed tool for government, philanthropy and advocates seeking to provide data-driven solutions to Louisiana's most pressing problems. View the invitation and rsvp information and the media advisory here.

LDRF wins 2009 Effie Award for effective social justice philanthropy. Awarded by Effective Communities, LLC, the Effie Awards recognize top-performing philanthropies that are most effective in advancing social justice and racial equity. Learn more about the award here.

Listen to LDRF President and CEO Flozell Daniels, Jr.'s Katrina commemorative interview with WRKF's Jim Engster here.

LDRF releases study showing major decline in media coverage of Gulf Coast Poverty since Hurricane Katrina. Read the press release and access the full report here.

Progress in Plaquemines Parish: LDRF grants are helping Plaquemines Parish residents return as homeowners and providing a system of parks throughout the Parish. Read this story of hope here.

LDRF releases GreeNOLA: A Strategy for a Sustainable New Orleans. Commissioned from the Orleans Recovery Foundation, this report makes critical recommendations for including green initiatives and practices in New Orleans' Master Plan. Learn more and find out how you can support green equity in your neighborhood's recovery: read the report here.

LDRF helps bring playgrounds to Plaquemines Parish. Children in recovering Plaquemines Parish desperately needed safe, fun spaces in which to expend pent-up energy -- especially those belonging to the more than 500 families still living in FEMA trailers. Click here to read more about the new parks that will offer these resilient hurricane survivors space to run, play, laugh and relax.

LDRF grant supports development of innovative, environmentally conscious private and public gardens in New Orlean's 9th ward. In partnership with the Make It Right Foundation, the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, the American Society of Landscape Architecture and others, LDRF is implementing green spaces in the 9th ward that use native species and innovative materials to detoxify the soil and manage drainage, as well as be aesthetically pleasing.

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LDRF grant leverages $1.1M for independent fisheries in Cameron Parish. LDRF's support of the Gulf Coast Fisheries Cooperative(GCFC) procured generators, storage and cooling space, nets and safety training required to leverage $1.1M in Community Development Block Grant funds from the LRA. Click here to read the full release.

LDRF welcomes our newest staff member, Tenaj Jones, Program Associate for the Neighborhood Organizing and Planning Fund. Before coming to LDRF, Tenaj's career has included recovery advocacy and community organizing work for the N.O. Recovery School District, Industrial Area Foundations and the N.O. Mayor's Office.

LDRF partner, Kimberly Rivers Roberts, featured in Oscar Nominated documentary, Trouble the Water. Click here to read the March 1st TP article.

LDRF attracts $3.9M in funding from national foundations. LDRF's innovative and impactful approach to recovery philanthropy has been recognized by grants awarded from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($1.5M); the Kresge Foundation ($1M); the Ford Foundation ($1M); and the W.K. Kellog Foundation ($400k) in support of LDRF's ongoing efforts. Click here to read the full release.

LDRF grants an additional $2.3M to Louisiana nonprofits. LDRF approved $2,298,680 in grants to be disbursed to nonprofit organizations providing affordable housing, support for small businesses and promoting civic engagement and grassroots leadership in vulnerable La. communities. Click here for the full release.

LDRF provides robust philanthropic response to Gustav & Ike. LDRF used an innovative expedited grantmaking method to disburse more than $500k to meet the immediate needs of hurricane victims in Louisiana's most vulnerable communities. Click here for the full release.

 

Impact: Gustav and Ike