Peacetalks: Alan Jenkins, New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina.

George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Alan Jenkins, Executive Director of the Opportunity Agenda about the report he co-authored on the housing situation in New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina. Opportunity Agenda is a communications, research and advocacy organization. Their mission is building the will to expand opportunity in America. Jenkins co-authored the report "Housing in New Orleans: One Year After Katrina". This report, prepared by the NAACP, The Opportunity Agenda, and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, assesses the state of housing in New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina. It analyzes housing conditions in the city prior to the storm, progress made since,and areas in which the rebuilding effort has fallen short. In addition, it offers practical recommendations to ensure the reconstruction of housing is faster, fairer, and more effective.

relevant website: http://www.opportunityagenda.org