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No Dim Bulb — Green Light New Orleans

Authored by: Eve Abrams
Published: 7/2008
photo of light bulbs
Green Light New Orleans is reducing New Orleans' CO2 emissions, not to mention our energy bills. They do it for free, and with loving-kindness, one light bulb at a time.
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Roll with the NOPD Crisis Unit

Authored by: Eve Abrams
Published: 7/2008
NOPD Crisis Unit
The New Orleans Police Department's Mobile Crisis Unit attends to the city's mentally ill on their worst days.
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Yoga in the Lower Ninth Ward

Authored by: David Weinberg
Published: 7/2008
Michelle Baker is the owner of the Swan River Yoga Studio on Magazine Street, where she teaches yoga during the week. After the storm, she wanted to expand her practice beyond Magazine street and into some of the harder-hit neighborhoods of New Orleans.
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Rain or Shine Community Garden

Authored by: David Weinberg
Published: 7/2008
photo of young gardeners
Rain or Shine is a community organization that is looking to turn many of the city's blighted properties into community gardens. Today we take a trip to the garden where volunteers work with kids, teaching them the basics of gardening.
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Student Design Expo

Authored by: David Weinberg
Published: 7/2008
The Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum has teamed up with several New Orleans Public Schools to teach kids design concepts by using hands-on projects.
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A Youth Documentary: Teen Baby Mamas

Authored by: Eve Abrams
Published: 7/2008
Youth radio reporter Kadija Garner
Youth radio reporter Kadija Garner explores the issue of teen pregnancy in New Orleans. What are the options for pregnant teens? How are teen mothers judged by others and by themselves?
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A Youth Documentary: Growing Up Without a Father

Authored by: Eve Abrams
Published: 6/2008
Youth radio reporter James Oliver
Youth radio reporter James Oliver tells the story of his relationship with his father, who has been absent for the bulk of James's life — in part due to a stay in prison.
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Three Jews Walk Into a Church

Authored by: Eve Abrams
Published: 6/2008
Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
The section of Dryades Street in Central City now known as Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard is a part of New Orleans saturated with history. Step into the past and glimpse the future of this street which is more than a street.
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Unplugged — a Controversial New Play

Authored by: David Weinberg
Published: 6/2008
The Anthony Bean Theatre will be debuting its latest play, Unplugged. Unplugged is an urban drama about a hip-hop group making the transition into the pop world. But they have a dark secret. . . .
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The Threadheads

Published: 5/2008
Although Jazz Fest has come and gone, there are hundreds of people from all over the world talking about this year's fest and many already gearing up for next year's.
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