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Katrina Timelines Katrina Maps Perry-Castañeda Map Library (UT-Austin)--Best "first stop" for map links on Katrina "Before and After" aerial images Satellite Images of Katrina Hit Areas Louisiana Hurricane Atlas (pdf) Hurricane Katrina Flood Recovery Maps Aerial photo locator for Katrina flooding in SE Louisiana Photos & Movies PeoplesVideo.tv: Katrina Survivors Trailer for "I Won't Drown on that Levee and You Ain't Gonna' Break my Back" New Orleans Photo Galleries from nola.com Washington Post Camera•Works Katrina Photos Photos of Cameron Parish Impacted by Hurricane Rita Juvenile's "Get Ya Hustle On" (rap video set in Lower Ninth Ward) Katrina Statistics Research Resources TESC Library Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Thesauruses TESC Library Citation and Style Guides Research Areas Resources The Evergreen State College – Tacoma Campus The 11th Annual Showcase and Resource Fair “Strategies for Renewing and Restoring Community” May 20, 2006 The focus of this year’s community fair is “Health and the Environment.” Within this context, Evergreen-Tacoma students will develop research projects designed to present strategies identified through research to address or remedy community problems. In the process they highlight “doable acts” that citizens and interested and affected parties can perform to improve their overall quality of life. For logistical purposes, community fair presentations have been organized in six topical areas: Education “Higher Education for Low-income families” “Psychological and structural barriers that prevent educational success for homeless children” “Barriers African American Males Face Accessing Higher Education” “Life Skills: Youth Education” “The umbrella: Raising Political Awareness in the Local Community “Empowering the Community” Celeste Harris/ Lillian Baker/ Marie Kelly “Media Impressions: The Use of Mass Media to Educate Youth & Bring Awareness to Community Health” “Kindergarten Readiness: Corporate Funding in School Before and After School Program” “Motivational Video: For Persons With Barriers to Higher Education” “Does Mandatory Career Counseling in High School Encourage Ongoing College Education?”
Psychology and Counseling “Teenage Pregnancy, (the effect on the male; Nutrition; High School Drop out rate)” “Awareness and prevention of self-mutilation and Teen suicide” “Media Perceptions of Beauty” “How students cope with stress: Alternative Methods of Coping w/ College” “Emergency Preparedness: How to Sustain Oneself for 3 Days until help comes”
Social Work/ Human Services “Sociological and economic benefits of housing Chronic Public Inebriants (CPI’s): Will it work in Pierce County? “Disaster Preparedness for the Disabled” “Housing for Vulnerable Adults, Yes.” Empowering Communities With Tools for Change: Foster Care and Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder” “Hilltop Youth Leadership Skill Development through Service” “Resources Guide for Youth (ages 18+)” “Domestic Violence for Immigrant and Refugees and Men: Human Trafficking” “Empowering Family Dynamics in African American Families” “Generational Poverty” “Art as an Expression” (for youth) “Prevention/Intervention for families of youth at-risk” “Community Resource Directory” “Gender Variant Awareness”
Exercise/ Diet/ Nutrition “Access to Healthcare by undocumented Hispanic immigrants and the effect it has on the public as a whole” “Chronic Back Pain” “Organic Foods” “Heart and Body Medical Solutions, Different Diseases: Diabetes, M.S., Congenital Disease, Medicare and Nutrition” “Asthma/ Allergies/ Environmental Illness/ Health Issues” “Nutrition and Behavior” “Health care for the Working Poor”
Law/ Public Policy “Public Access Television: A Mock P.A. Channel Showcasing Health Information” “Workers Rights and Safety in the Workplace”
Economic Development “Economic Development: Social Change Using Bus Models” “Low-income credit unions” |