Non-profit organizations did as much as anyone to help the New Orleans music community recover. Sweet Home New Orleans (SHNO) formed in 2006, and it was the culmination of that effort, a needs-based organization that coordinated the resources of a number of non-profits to help get the city’s musicians and culture bearers—Mardi Gras Indians and [...]
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Struggling to Make Ends Meet is the New Norm
August 27, 2010 – 10:18 am
In his last act as executive director of Sweet Home New Orleans, Jordan Hirsch declared, “This is a crisis.” Hirsch is stepping down from leadership of the non-profit agency and will be replaced by Gabriela Hernandez, and Thursday afternoon at Galvez Restaurant in the French Quarter, he presented the results of Sweet Home New Orleans’ [...]
