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The Strategic Opportunities Fund was set up to respond more rapidly and flexibly to emerging challenges in the United States, utilizing a thematic strategy that may often be driven by current opportunities to impact specific open society issues.

OSI Fellow's Book Documents Continued Impact of Hurricane Katrina
August 15, 2008
Still Here: Stories After Katrina by photographer Joseph Rodríguez documents the ongoing expressions of hope, perseverance, and suffering in communities affected by Hurricane Katrina.

KatrinaMedia.org Wins Webby Award
May 6, 2008
Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster was named the best nonprofit website of the year in the 12th Annual Webby Awards.

Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster
interactive INTERACTIVE  
Designed to spark continuing national discussion of the social and economic impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this multimedia website features the work of OSI's Katrina Media Fellows.

Rapid Response
Rapid Response grants will focus on policy-driven efforts on the state and national level that are connected to, and cut across, OSI issue areas and/or, are timely issues that require intentional measures to reclaim the public debate.

Katrina Media Fellowships
OSI provided fellowships in response to critical issues laid bare by Hurricane Katrina.

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