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PCC students travel to New Orleans to help rebuild
Photos and story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year honor society, is sending a group of students to New Orleans to help rebuild during spring break.
The students are working through Common Ground Relief, a grassroots organization that has been serving those in need since the week following Hurricane Katrina. The PCC students will join many other students from historically African-American colleges and universities who are part of a nation-wide effort called “The 2nd Freedom Ride: A Spring of Rebuilding.”
Their goal is to have college students from across the nation go to New Orleans to rebuild during their spring break. More information about this relief effort can be found at www.commongroundrelief.org/phpbb. Students will be fund-raising at PCC and with businesses to find funds to go the New Orleans.
To donate, please contact Cami Bishop at 503-977-4920.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »