The Daily Activist

Hip hop icon Ludacris helped collect over 250,000 books for New Orleans schools as part of an online initiative called the “Epic Book Drive.” In a partnership with DoSomething.org and Better World Books, the team helped mobilize over 100,000 volunteers in effort to restock bookshelves left empty in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. According to Epic Book Drive’s website, 80% of New Orleans schools were affected by the hurricane and in some of the less fortunate areas, students outnumber books by 300 to 1. While the The Book Drive project has now been completed, please check out DoSomething.org to find new initiatives and other ways to help impact your local and global community!