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SOTRU Short: A New Orleans Church Memorializes Murder Victims

SOTRU Short: A New Orleans Church Memorializes Murder Victims

FromState of the Re:Union


SOTRU Short: A New Orleans Church Memorializes Murder Victims

FromState of the Re:Union

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When a city’s murder rate goes up and stays high for years, what do community activists working against violence do? How do they keep from losing hope? Back in 2010, State of the Re:Union visited New Orleans, Louisiana, and reported on community responses to urban violence. Among the places SOTRU visited was St. Anna’s Episcopal Church in the Treme neighborhood, which had come up with a novel way of documenting the city’s violence: something they called the Murder Board. This year, we sent reporter Nina Feldman back to St. Anna’s to see how the project is maintaining, these years later.VIEW PHOTOS AND MORE
Released:
Jan 13, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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Free podcast of the award-winning public radio show State of the Re:Union. Each episode of SOTRU, host Al Letson travels to a new community to tell stories about the people who are doing extraordinary work to help each other, to engage their community, and to overcome obstacles. It's a unique way of storytelling that documents the new America. SOTRU is presented by WJCT, co-distributed by PRX and NPR. Because things fall apart, it's our job to bring them back together.