Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Portrait & Narrative of DC

Collection

Post-Katrina Portraits, Francesco

DC, a Common Ground volunteer, describes her experiences. Text begins: \"Before coming to New Orleans my world was this bubble where nothing really terrible happened and people were all treated fairly.\" Last line: \"These people make me want to move the oceans and make everything all right again.\"