“Americans have not heard enough about the tremendous outpouring of support and sweat from citizens working on their own or in small community-based organizations. News has emphasized problems and has ignored those working for solutions.” --Charlie Thompson, instructor of “Who Cares and Why?”

--Charlie Thompson, instructor of “Who Cares and Why?”

Learning...To Make a Difference

"Who Cares and Why?" (Spring Break 2006 in NewOrleans)  

During 2006 spring break twenty-one students and faculty associated with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University went to New Orleans. Students in the course “Who Cares and Why? Social Activism and Its Motivations,” worked in New Orleans gutting houses, serving food to relief workers, assisting in local clinics, participating in protests, and generally lending support to Hurricane Katrina survivors. Simultaneously they worked together to document the social justice work they participated in.

This multimedia website  presents their experiences.