Peace & Riot Issue No. 4
Cover Story
TO LOVE A COMMUNITY IS TO HEAL A COMMUNITY
with SHARON LAVIGNE
Fall/Winter 2025
Issue 04
Letter from Peace & Riot
The same spirit that helped Dollie Burwell and her community confront toxic waste decades ago is the same energy driving people-powered disaster recovery today. By Abre’ Conner.
To love A Community Is To Heal A Community
Miss Sharon Lavigne and Shilpi Chhotray on community organizing and keeping the faith.
ARK BUILDING IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Like the story of Noah’s Ark, survival of the flood is an act of faith. By Heather McTeer Toney.
Moving Stories THROUGH ART
Dawn Richard and Dominique Drakeford on preserving culture and rewriting the narrative post-Katrina
SHAPE SHIFTING AFTER KATRINA
Bobbie Green on surviving extreme weather and practicing collective care.
Community power comes first
Yessenia Funes on disaster resilience and recovery, from Hurricane Katrina to Helene.
ROOTED AND RISING
Candice Fortin of 350.org on spiritual stamina and climate resilience with photography by Malcolm Johnson.
Blackness, environment and kinship
An artist’s statement by Brandon Holland, this issue’s featured photographer.
18 Years, $2 Billion: Inside New Orleans’s Biggest School Recovery Effort in History
Hurricane Katrina destroyed 110 New Orleans school buildings. How to upgrade them while honoring their architectural importance and historic heritage?
Fall/Winter 2025 - Issue 04
CrEDITS
This issue was made possible with support from
EditOR
Kate Weiner
Creative
Mindy Ramaker
Web Design
Mindy Ramaker
Ko Bragg
Shilpi Chhotray
Abre’ Conner
Dominique Drakeford
Candice Fortin
Contributors
Yessenia Funes
Bobbie Green
Brandon Holland
Malcolm Johnson
Sharon Lavigne
Heather McTeer Toney
Dawn Richard
Patrice Simms
SPRING/SUMMER 2025
Issue 03
FALL/WINTER 2024
Issue 02
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