Dirty Dozen
New Orleans
Dirty Dozen is a grassroots, resident-led group fighting for justice in the former St. Thomas/River Gardens community in Uptown New Orleans. St. Thomas was a housing development with strong resident leadership and thriving community programs. During 1999 and 2000, St. Thomas was demolished and replaced with “mixed income housing” as part of the HUD HOPE VI redevelopment program. This led to displacement of the majority of St. Thomas residents, as well as a plague of evictions, harassment and police misconduct towards the low-income residents who were able to return to the subsidized units in River Gardens. Dirty Dozen has emerged to combat this new displacement tactic and to rebuild the leadership of low-income residents, by residents and for residents. D12 assists families in River Gardens who are facing these injustices by providing advocacy, documentation, peer education and organizing.
Director: Ms. Barbara Jackson, Tenant Organizer
Donate to D12: Please contact Barbara Jackson
Phone: 985-327-9863