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Mama D's 2 Blocks: A Documentary Film

Description: Mama D's 2 Blocks tells the story of a neighborhood home in New Orleans that was transformed into a distribution center and used to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina's devastation in 2005. Mama D stayed at her home throughout the storm and remained there until the floodwaters had subsided. After the water had drained, socially minded youth from all over the country were drawn to Mama D's home and stayed there while supporting local renewal efforts. The film documents their joining … more
Date: May 2007
Creator: Ferris, Mika
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Analysis of Energy Saving Impacts of New Residential Energy Codes for the Gulf Coast

Description: At the request of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), DOE’s Building Energy Codes Program performed an analysis of the energy savings and cost impacts associated with the use of newer and more efficient residential building energy codes in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Date: January 1, 2007
Creator: Lucas, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Portraits of Young Artists: Artworlds, In/Equity, and Dis/Identification in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Description: Using portraiture methodology and social practice theory, this study examined the identity work of young people engaged in a teen arts internship program at a contemporary arts center in post-Katrina New Orleans. This research asked four interrelated questions. Through the lens of a teen arts internship at a contemporary arts center in post-Katrina New Orleans, 1) How do contextual figured worlds influence artist identity work? 2) How does artist identity work manifest through personal narrat… more
Date: May 2018
Creator: Travis, Sarah Teresa
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Transcript of several TABE interviews from 2001-2005]

Description: Transcript of several interviews, and one rally, led by the TABE team. The interviews are listed in this order: Georgina K. Gonzales, Oscar M. Cardenas, Maria Medina Seidner, the rally (part 1), Senator Eliot Shapleigh, the rally (part 2), Sandra Acosta's speech at the rally, and a UIL One Act Play director showing pictures from Comfort High School's past casts.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas Association of Bilingual Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Peruanos desplazados por Katrina

Description: This article details the experiences of Peruvians Cynthia Canepa and Luis Alberto Ponce and how hurricane Katrina impacted thier lifes. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: August 30, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Video of theater production pictures]

Description: Video of various pictures from plays performed by a school theater group in the Texas One Act Play competition. Their director is providing details about each picture and the students in them. The school is possibly Comfort High School.
Date: 200X
Duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Texas Association of Bilingual Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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