Wednesday, June 27, 2007
SWOP homepageNez & Dezbah Blog Days 3 & 4
On the 3rd day of the trip, I woke up in San Antonio and ended the day in Lake Charles. After leaving San Antonio, in the morning, we headed to Huston, Texas. There we ate a bbq lunch and protested in front of a factory. We arrived at a gym in Lake Charles. Many people greeted us. They started off with a rally for human rights and environmental justice. Then we ate a delicious dinner and headed to New Orleans for a good night sleep.
The next day, Day 4, I woke up and ate breakfast. I went on a bus tour to see what was left of the houses after hurricane Katrina. When I got back it was raining hard. It was time for lunch. My shoes and the bottom of my pants were soaked! Then we went to Slidell for a crab dinner. It was so good. After dinner we headed to Jackson to sleep at the hotel.
Nez:
On day 3, we were in Houston and we were protesting against a Valero oil plant. There was a lot of food and some speakers. Then we started to leave to Lake Charles. There, we had dinner. We were in a gym this time. We did some very inspiring chants and some of us played at the playground there.
On day 4, we were in New Orleans and got to choose from a variety of programs to do during the day. I picked helping rebuild homes there. During the program, we went to a neighborhood with apartments that had trash all over its parking lots. We picked a ton of trash and moved it to the sidewalk. When we were done, we all got in the bus and drove to the park. There were a lot of cool things there like music, food, vendors, and a few speakers. It was a lot of fun while we were there. Once the festivities were done, we all got in the buses and headed for Slidell. We were eating right next to a nice lake and we had a lot of crabs to eat. I had my first crab in Slidell, Louisiana. After that, we started towards Jackson, Mississippi. On the way, we watched a documentary on New Orleans’ housing recovery. Once it was over, we made it to the hotel a few minutes later.
