What Is a Katrina Warrior?

Department: Features

Posted February 19, 2008

The Katrina Warriors Network is the diverse body of individuals, affinities, organizations, and institutions doing work to support and enhance the well-being of women and girls in New Orleans and the Gulf South.

Founding nodes of the Katrina Warriors Network: Ashe Cultural Arts Center, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, The New Orleans Regional Alliance Against Abuse (2005-2006), and V-Day

The Katrina Warriors Network is advised and mediated by a Katrina Warriors Council representative of Network participants.

The Katrina Warriors Network is not a 501 (c) 3 organization. If you wish to support the work of the network, please donate to the Katrina Warriors Funds of the individual Katrina Warriors Network node(s) of your choice.

The Katrina Warriors Network is a moderated network. Everyone working for the well-being of women and girls is invited to participate. The Katrina Warriors Council reserves the right to deny affiliation to any person or organization that it considers does not support the interests of all women and girls.


Click the Photo Below to watch a video about the Katrina Warriors from the December Katrina Warriors Meeting at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans on December 11:

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