{"id":192,"date":"2005-09-02T19:31:23","date_gmt":"2005-09-02T23:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/metasj\/katrina-refugee-identification\/"},"modified":"2005-09-02T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2005-09-02T23:31:23","slug":"katrina-refugee-identification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/katrina-refugee-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"Katrina refugee identification"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

Below is a letter from Andy Carvin<\/a> (originally posted on his blog here<\/a>),
\nabout locating and identifying Katrina refugees.  I have reformatted it
\nslightly for readability.  Please help identify people at shelters
\nnear you; and coordinate with shelter organizers who may be doing the same with other tools.<\/p>\n

================================================
\n(please circulate widely)<\/p>\n

Hi everyone,<\/p>\n

For those of you willing to volunteer and photograph evacuees or
\ncollect photos of the missing from bulletin boards and websites, here
\nare some instructions.<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/font>
\nYou can create an account at Flickr.com in two minutes, at no cost.
\nOnce you have a Flickr.com<\/span> account, upload photos and tag them either as:<\/p>\n

katrinamissing <\/span>for missing persons;
\nkatrinafound <\/span>for found persons that were previously missing; or
\nkatrinaokay <\/span>for all evacuees you encounter so their status can be recorded<\/p>\n

No matter their status, please include a second tag: katrinapeople.
\nThat way we can have a running list of all people encountered.<\/p>\n

If you are using a cameraphone to take pictures of people at a shelter,
\nor if you don’t have a flickr account<\/span>, you can use the email
\naddresses below to upload them. Each email address is set up to include the
\nappropriate tags automatically.<\/p>\n

For Katrina Missing People :  table60said@photos.flickr.com<\/p>\n

For Katrina Found People (people previously reported missing) : shall93effort@photos.flickr.com<\/p>\n

For Katrina Okay People (ie, people who want to let others know they’re
\nokay, includes evacuees you can find in person) :
\nwait84little@photos.flickr.com<\/p>\n

Collecting Photos and Data<\/font><\/p>\n

When taking photos, please try to get a head and shoulder in the best
\nlighting available so people can make out their features in the
\nphotograph.<\/p>\n

When collecting information from them, please try to get this minimal amount for all three categories:<\/p>\n

Full name, including first, middle, last<\/pre>\n
Gender<\/pre>\n
Age<\/pre>\n
Permanent address<\/pre>\n
Current location<\/pre>\n
Contact information (shelter phone\/email\/fax, etc)<\/pre>\n
Full names and descriptions of people they are looking for<\/pre>\n
\nMeanwhile, when collecting information about missing people from
\nbulletin boards, the Web or from personal requests from their
\nfriends\/family, try to collect additional information:<\/p>\n
Height<\/pre>\n
Weight<\/pre>\n
Physical Description<\/pre>\n
Where were they last scene and when?<\/pre>\n
What were they wearing?<\/pre>\n
Contact information of anyone looking for them<\/pre>\n
\nNote: If you find children that are separated from parents\/guardians,
\ninclude as much physical descriptive information as you can, as if they
\nwere missing.
\n
\nHow to access photos<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
The public will be able to access the photos on Flickr.com, and
\nhopefully, other databases.  For those of you who use RSS, each
\none of these has a corresponding RSS feed:<\/p>\n
Images of people on Flickr :  Missing<\/a>  |  Found<\/a>  |  Okay<\/a> 
\nRSS feeds :  Missing<\/a>  |  Found<\/a>  |  Okay<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLastly, I’ve set up javascripts that you can insert on any webpage to display the images as they’re posted to Flickr.<\/p>\n
Found People Javascript<\/span>:<\/p>\n
<script type=”text\/javascript”
\nsrc=”http:\/\/app.feeddigest.com\/digest3\/DJQBXVAAO6.js”><noscript><a
\nhref=”http:\/\/app.feeddigest.com\/digest3\/DJQBXVAAO6.html”>Click for
\n"Flickr: Katrina Found".<\/a> By <a
\nhref=”http:\/\/www.feeddigest.com\/”>Feed
\nDigest<\/a><\/noscript><\/script>\n<\/div>\n
\nMissing People Javascript<\/span>:<\/p>\n
<script type=”text\/javascript”
\nsrc=”http:\/\/app.feeddigest.com\/digest3\/1SWRBL5DN2.js”><noscript><a
\nhref=”http:\/\/app.feeddigest.com\/digest3\/1SWRBL5DN2.html”>Click for
\n"Flickr: Katrina Missing".<\/a> By <a
\nhref=”http:\/\/www.feeddigest.com\/”>Feed
\nDigest<\/a><\/noscript><\/script>\n<\/div>\n
\nOkay People Javascript<\/span>:<\/p>\n
<script type=”text\/javascript”
\nsrc=”http:\/\/app.feeddigest.com\/digest3\/BXOZZEMJOY.js”><noscript><a
\nhref=”http:\/\/app.feeddigest.com\/digest3\/BXOZZEMJOY.html”>Click
\nfor  "Flickr: Katrina Okay People".<\/a> By
\n<a href=”http:\/\/www.feeddigest.com\/”>Feed
\nDigest<\/a><\/noscript><\/script>\n<\/div>\n
\nI’ll set up pages on http:\/\/katrina05.blogspot.com to display all of these photo feeds.<\/p>\n
Hopefully this is enough to get volunteers started. So if you have any
\ntype of access to an evacuee shelter and a digital camera, please help
\nout.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Lars Torres and Katrin Verclas for helping to get this organized.<\/p>\n
Thanks,
\nac
\n================================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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