Clients featured in new Spike Lee film
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Director Spike Lee, third from right, with Catholic Charities clients
Director Spike Lee interviewed a group of Vietmanese-American fishermen who have been left unemployed by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The fishermen are receiving services through Catholic Charities oil spill response center in New Orleans.
- Lee with staff member Joanne Stampley and volunteer Thao Tran
Lee is documenting the area’s progress five years after Hurricane Katrina, and is including information on those impacted by the oil spill.
Volunteer Thao Tran, Assistant to the Mayor of Seattle, WA spent all last week assisting at our center at Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC. Thao wrote:
“It was my honor to come and work with Catholic Charities to aid those in need from the BP spill. I took and gained more from this experience than what I was able to give. I hope that I am welcome back.”
We welcome Thao back and thank him and the many others who want to help. To volunteer, click on the volunteer page above. To make a donation to oil spill relief, please click the button at the upper right.
