More than two months after arriving in Denton, fatigue registers on the faces of dozens of Katrina evacuees who have heard that federal emergency assistance would end soon. Evacuees shared stories of incomplete or confusing information given to them by federal agencies, private insurers and landlords at the November 17 meeting organized by MASS. The nonprofit doesn’t receive any federal grants but has pledged to help the displaced chart their futures in an unfamiliar state.
[The voice is that of photographer Joseph Rodriguez.]
 


All photographs copyright © Joseph Rodriguez; text by Patrice Pascual