Alternative Spring Break 2006

In March 2006, 27 WCL students spent Spring Break in Gulfport, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana to aid in Hurricane Katrina recovery. Students worked on a variety of projects with local NGOs in the areas, doing everything from conducting a survey of work conditions for day laborers, observing a city council meeting on police brutality, conducting oral histories, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, gutting destroyed homes to prepare for rebuilding with ACORN, and more. The students’ work placements were coordinated through the Student Hurricane Network (www.studenthurricanenetwork.org) and they worked together with hundreds of other law students from around the country. The Center provided support and assistance to the student organizing committee for Alternative Spring Break.

2006 Spring Break participants:

Gulfport
1. Lydia Edwards (3L)
2. Lauren Bartlett (2L)
3. Sara Ibrahim (3L)
4. Andrea Comfort (2L)
5. Taylor Ferrell (LLM)
6. Folake Ogunyemi (LLM)
7. Laura Merritt (2L)
8. Johnny Cossa (2L)
9. Jennifer Jones (2L)
10. Erik Snyder (1L)
11. Danielle Rosengarten (2L)
12. Jennifer Bibby (2L)

New Orleans
1. Kelleen Corrigan (3L)
2. Jen Kelley (3L)
3. Grace Pazdan (3L)
4. Katie Kolon (3L)
5. Amelia Parker (3L)
6. Dan Brown (3L)
7. Jackie Bliss (2L)
8. Mark Vorkink (1L)
9. Rahul Saksena (1L)
10. Alice Riener (2L)
11. Alice Koethe (2L)
12. Lisa Radigan (2L)
13. Juliet Gray (2L)
14. Rebecca Geller (2L)
15. JR Biondi (2L)