Voices of Katrina

On September 6th, 2006 the UNL Institute for Ethnic Studies and the Public Policy Center hosted a panel of three Katrina survivors, all of whom now live in Nebraska, to talk about their experiences during and after the storm.

The Public Policy Center became involved in Hurricane Katrina response after Nebraska received a FEMA Crisis Counseling Program grant to provide outreach to both survivors who have relocated to the state and first responders from Nebraska. The Public Policy Center partnered with the state to write the grant and to provide ongoing program consultation and evaluation for the project.
You can read more about the Reaching Out...Nebraska program here.


From left to right: Moderator Tarik Abdel-Monem, panelists- Niya Gamble, LaTasha Madere and Bobby Leonard.

While we did not have a video camera at the event we did make an audio recording, you can listen to it here.

Or download the file in .mp4 format by right-clicking here and selecting "Save Target as.." if you are using Internet Explorer, or selecting "Save Link as.." if you are using Firefox.

(118 minutes of audio. File size is 73 MB.)