Today Sandy Rosenthal will speak to 10 international journalists. Five of the group are from the People’s Republic of China, two from Taiwan and one from Viet Nam, Hong Kong and Macau. The journalists, in town for two weeks, are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Their program is arranged by the Graduate School International Institute.

The group is interested in meeting with Ms. Rosenthal to discuss the role of grassroots citizen activism in holding the government accountable for the events that occurred during Katrina.