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 [...]
Tag Archives: Jordan Hirsch
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’ [...]
Immigrants
January 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
I’ll bet your ancestors came from somewhere else. If you’re an American, and you’re not a Native American, I can guarantee it. There seems to be a lot of debate and negativity concerning immigrants in the U.S. lately. In New Orleans, we’re a port city, so in recent times we’re used to travelers and transients. [...]
We’re Baa-aack … Sort Of
September 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Recently, Sweet Home New Orleans (SHNO) completed a study of profiling the state of New Orleans music scene—including Mardi Gras Indians and Social Aid and Pleasure club members—and found good and bad news. The good news: Of the musicians that checked in with agency since the first days after Katrina when it operated at the [...]
