The Katrina Cavalry

摘要

Wesli spencer, A 22-year-old junior at James Madison University, was at home in West Virginia last summer when Katrina swamped New Orleans. Like everyone else who watched the misery on television, he was dumbfounded by the lame response—and figured there had to be something students like him could do to help the people whose lives had been upended. "I can't really explain what it felt like to see so many black faces trapped and unable to get help," he says. So when he got back to school, Spencer started talking with others on campus and came up with a plan.