Who We Are

Alive in Truth is an all-volunteer, grassroots effort to record oral and written history about the lives of displaced New Orleanians, in their own words.

First and foremost, we are grateful to the people who share their stories here, and whose enormous strength of character is evident.

The project is founded and coordinated by New Orleans native Abe Louise Young. She is a nationally-awarded poet who's also been a Fellow for the Project in Interpreting the Texas Past, the Danish-American Dialogue on Human Rights, and the Jewish Women's Archive (collecting oral history of Jewish activists in New Orleans.)

The project is supported by generous friends, volunteer interviewers, therapists, transcribers, photographers, and consultants.

Interviewers & Listeners

Katy Adams, Austin

Sari Albornoz, Austin

Cindy Austin, Austin

Liz Belile, Austin

Carolyn Blankenship, Austin

Tim Catts, New York City

Catherine Cogburn, Austin

Jessie Cohen, Oakland

Liz Cohen, Austin

Mollie Fischer, Austin

Maya Katz, California

Pat Louis, Austin

Krissy Mahan, Austin

Melissa McKanna, Austin

Melissa Metry, Austin

Courtney Morris, Austin

Marti Pomputius, Austin

Pedro Reynoso, Austin

Brigid Shea, Austin

Rebecca Solnit, San Francisco

Wayne Wiley, Austin

Merry Winslow, California

Sarah Yahm, New York City

Abe Louise Young, Austin

Transcribers & Translators

Pilar Castrejon, Austin

Jordan Erdos, Austin

Kris Hogan, Austin

Jennifer Margulies, Austin

Jodi Relyea, Austin

Carolyn Walls, Austin

Abe Louise Young, Austin

Editors and Writers

Meg Daly, San Francisco

Zanne deJanvier, San Francisco

D’Arcy Randall, Austin

Abe Louise Young, Austin

Donors and Supporters

Ginny Agnew, Austin

Stephanie Barko, Austin

Ann Connell, Dripping Springs, TX

Corners of the Mouth Food Coop, Mendocino, California

Dale Cotton, New Jersey

Kate X Messer, Austin

Patty Shea, Albion, California

Matthew Wheeland, San Francisco

Merry Winslow, Comptche, California

Abe Louise Young, Austin

Research, Design & Art

Sarah Cross, Harvard, MA

Human Rights Advocacy & Media Communications

Roxanne Mitchell, Austin

Photography

Allyson Murphy, Print, New York

Publishing Resources

www.publishingresources.com

Jessica Weida. Chicago

J. Weida Design

Collaborations

Alternet.org

Austin History Center, Texas State Libraries

Benjamin Hooks Center for Social Change

University of Memphis

D’Ann Penner, Director

Voice of Witness Series: Human Rights and Oral History

San Francisco