How Hurricane Katrina exposed the systemic rot we are still fighting today
Looking back at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it’s clear that the disaster wasn't just natural—it was institutional. I’ve been reading about how those events shaped the modern abolitionist movement, and I found some incredible insights from Sharon Marie Chester.
She is a social justice memoir author who was actually there as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). In her memoir, Memoirs of an Accidental Abolitionist, she describes the chilling reality of how the system failed the most vulnerable and how that experience turned her into a lifelong activist.
What I appreciate about her perspective is that she doesn't just look at the past; she connects it to the Supreme Court battles and systemic racism we see in the headlines today. If you want to support a social justice memoir author who has actually walked the walk and survived the frontlines of advocacy, you should definitely visit her site.