February 23, 2014
I finally finished
reviewing the nineteen different organizations that Dr. Manning is attempting
to get in order. Some of these organizations are Bayou Rebirth, Black Men
United, Gulf Restoration Network, Habitat for Humanity, Hands On, One Brick, Project
Homecoming and Safe Streets: Strong Communities just to name a few. My job
began here; I needed to go through each organization and check to see if all
the paperwork was attached to all the interviews. When I say paperwork I mean
in particular the Deed of Gift which grants Dr. Manning as well as Loyola
University Chicago permission to use the information obtained from the
interviewee.
This is very time
consuming but it is not all just paper checking. I am expected to organize all
this information in some form of coherent and easy to follow guide which is
also easily accessed. As I previously stated I have reviewed the different
organizations but have not yet gone into depth into checking for the required documents.
However, I have listened to a few interviews which is probably why I originally
got sidetracked on the whole document thing. I have listened to just a handful
of the interviews and regardless of what I stated in my last blog about having
experience listening and dealing with trauma this is different. These people
feel abandoned and left to figure things out for themselves. I would have to
say that my experience with the tragedies and disappointments of the people I
have helped are very different than what the people of New Orleans had to deal
with. It is definitely an apples and oranges comparison; lesson learned on my
part; never assume that you have seen or heard it all because someone’s story
in New Orleans after Katrina has definitely trumped anything I have experienced
thus far.
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