MOSAIC - the short description

One of the many values of teaching is that it ensures we as faculty members become better explainers : )

Based on comments and questions from my students, a more succinct and direct description of this task is needed. How about this?

The task is to invent an open organization committed to helping New Orleans evacuees take steps to community reunion and revival. (An open organization is one where any motivated participant can contribute irrespective of personal identity, organizational membership, or geographic location -- my own definition based on research investigations of the phenomenon).