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Portrait & Narrative of Emily

Collection

Post-Katrina Portraits, Francesco

Charcoal portrait of a Common Ground volunteer from Wesleyan University. She describes her sense of "home" and how it changed after working in New Orleans. She praises a New Orleanian named Delanzy who got Common Ground to prevent his house from being bulldozed. Text begins: "This is my last morning at Common Ground before I go home..."

Citation

“Portrait & Narrative of Emily,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26764.