Community Resources
A WEB SITE TO VISIT!
The Katrina Reader is dedicated to all the Katrina Survivors and Grassroots Ra
cial Justice Organizations of New Orleans, who are fighting for the Right of Return of all 'Internally Displaced Persons,' and the Right to Rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast with justice, dignity and self-determination. http://www.cwsworkshop.org/katrinareader/
METHADONE ACCESS FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
Here are the details of two methadone clinics in New Orleans. Please contact the clinics in advance to determine their requirements/costs for guest doses:
DRD - Downtown New Orleans Medical Clinic
417 S Johnson St
New Orleans, LA 70112Tel (504) 524-7205
Fax (504) 581 4702
NNTC – New Orleans Narcotic Treatment Clinic Inc
7606 Westbank Expy
Marreo, LA 70112
(Approx 10 minutes from conference hotel)Tel (504) 347-1120
Dosing Hours: M-F 5 am - 9:30 am and Sat 5 - 8:30 am (Closed on Sun)
OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS
Copeline – (504) 523 2673
Addiction Recovery Resources of New Orleans (ARRNO) - (504) 780 2766
New Orleans’ information line 211
CHANUKKAH ACTIVITIES
Chanukkah is December 4 - 12. If you wish to celebrate New Orleans style, CLICK HERE for a list of synagogues and Jewish organizations in New Orleans. If you are still in town on December 9, enjoy Chanukah @ Riverwalk 2007 FROM 4:00 - 6:00 PM and witness the lighting of Louisiana's largest Menorah. Features food, music and vendors and is touted the largest Jewish Event of the Year in New Orleans.
PEARL HARBOR DAY
Pearl Harbor Day is December 7 and although we don't know of any specific commemoration activities at this time, you may want to check out the The National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, designated by Congress as the country's official World War II Museum. This remarkable attraction illuminates the American experience during the WWII era with moving personal stories, historic artifacts and powerful interactive displays.
The Museum is an incomparable experience for all generations and not to be missed on any visit to New Orleans. More Info ...
GOOD FOOD - GOOD CAUSES
Café Reconcile
1631 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70113
http://www.cafereconcile.com/program.asp
Open: Monday through Friday, 11 am to 3 pm
The program is built around the needs of youth who have experienced an array of socio-economic challenges, including poverty, homelessness, arrested educational achievement, substance abuse, and participation in the juvenile justice system. This unique project utilizes a working non-profit restaurant, Café Reconcile, to serve as the training/mentoring/ and soft skills-building site to provide the youth support, work experience, and ability enhancement to encourage self-sufficiency and a viable opportunity to change the destructive course of their lives.
Covenant Café
1515 Poydras St. (near City Hall and across from Superdome)
New Orleans, LA 70112
http://www.covenanthouseno.org/covenanthouse.htm
Open: Monday through Friday, 7 am to 4 pm
This is a social entrepreneurship for at-risk youth learn job skills and gain work experience. Covenant House provides substance abuse treatment, as well as many other services.
Shopping
Bridge House Thrift Store
1160 Camp Street (Camp and Erato)
New Orleans, LA 70130
Open: Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 4 pm
For fifty years Bridge House has served as a substance-abuse treatment center of last resort. Every day we accept and treat those to whom most other institutions deny admission: the homeless and indigent drug and alcohol abusers of our community. The only requirement for admission is a sincere desire to change, and we accept individuals without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation or ability to pay.
http://www.bridgehouse.org/07thriftstore.htm
Odyssey House Louisiana
1125 North Tonti
New Orleans, LA 70119
Odyssey House Louisiana (OHL) is a nonprofit behavioral health care provider with an emphasis on addiction treatment. OHL was established in 1973 as a nonprofit residential substance abuse treatment facility with the mission of empowering people to conquer addiction. Today, Odyssey House offers a professional, structured and caring Therapeutic Community with comprehensive services and effective support systems that enable individuals to chart new lives and return to their communities as contributing members. In the post-Katrina era of rebuilding New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast, OHL has expanded its historical mission, as well as its staff and services, to bring much-needed aid to the community.
Second Helpings Catering
http://www.ohlinc.org/second-helpings-catering
Furniture Rehab
http://www.ohlinc.org/furniture-rehab
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
If you like to volunteer your time to help New Orleans in its recovery and restoration, visit www.volunteerlousiana.gov. This organization was formed by Governor Kathleen Blanco and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to match volunteer opportunities with volunteers.
