“Home is where the heart is” must be the oldest cliché in the book. Yet after spending a week with eight newly acquainted volunteers from Berklee College of Music helping to build a home for a family of displaced Katrina survivors, I have a newfound respect for the cliché. The thoughts that linger have much [...]
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Berklee NOLA: Day 2 and 3
May 11, 2011 – 10:55 pm
Lady from Allen Street (sarcastic and with a smile): “What are you going to do when the rivers of the Mississippi floods us again?!” Michael Heyman: “We’ll come back and build some more!” This is the spirit that my team has been clenching onto this week. It’s been two days … we’re tired yet jovial, [...]
what is knowing?
May 11, 2011 – 10:00 pm
this morning, our fearless leader mike popped out the side door of the house and told us how psyched he was that he could trust us to handle the concrete on our own. michael, magen, corinto and i looked at each other, like, “is he talking to us?” he was. apparently, now we know concrete. in [...]
Day 1: Cement, paint, and shovels
May 10, 2011 – 9:10 pm
It’s day one on the worksite and we managed to finish a cement pad before lunch. I never realized the amount hard labor involved in pouring cement. Now I know. Trust me, my whole body knows. We continued work on the inside of the house in the afternoon and also did plenty of painting of [...]
The Week Begins
May 10, 2011 – 8:51 pm
On Monday, we landed in New Orleans. Some of us have made this journey before, others have not. While we are all here for a common purpose, each of us will take away something unique in addition to the shared experiences. In addition to sharing our stories, this blog will help us reflect on what [...]