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Make a Difference: #2

By 3L at Seton Hall University School of Law and Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.

MIR ("Make It Right"), is a nonprofit working to redevelop New Orleans, particularly the Lower 9th Ward, through building "houses that [are] not only stronger and healthier, but that [have] less impact on the environment." The site also provides some historical background on the Lower 9th written by David Brinkley, author of "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast."

MIR aims to build 150 homes the Lower 9th; as of this writing, the group has raised enough money to construct 65 homes at $150,000 per home. The donation page is ingenious--you can scroll through a model home, and select a portion of the construction to support (i.e., $25 will purchase 1 gallon of paint; $100 will purchase a thermostat; $200 will provide a ceiling fan). You can also make cash donations of any other amount you can afford.

Full post as published by Urban Law Journal on January 13, 2008 (boomark / email).