Debra Campbell
Debra Campbell joined ACORN in New Orleans as a member in 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina. In this interview, she talks about life as a working-class woman before Katrina, raising an Autistic son and working for AT&T first and then selling burial policies at a funeral home. She describes being displaced to Houston, where she attended city meetings and got connected to ACORN. She says, ACORN had the information she needed. Once back in New Orleans, she organized as a member in the 9th Ward and, as she explains, learned to speak up for herself and her community. Campbell recalls various campaigns related to Katrina-recovery. She also spends significant time discussing the past and present needs of low and moderate income communities across New Orleans, and her hope that young people will get involved in change-making. And she speaks about her leadership with New Orleans local organization A Community Voice.