Opening My Eyes and Heart to Migration
WEB-ONLY: When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005, I was 7 years old. My family’s home in rural Opelousas was, thankfully, unaffected, but a mass exodus took place of Louisianans forced to seek higher ground in other cities and states. My family met Ellis, a young person whose family had to flee their New Orleans neighborhood. ...
