Miami Herald’s Leonard Pitts Jr. earns LeveesOrg seal of approval

It’s a very good sign that the mission of Levees.org is being fulfilled when reporters far far from New Orleans resist harmful inaccurate Katrina ‘shorthand.’ Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald didn’t even use the word Katrina in his piece about Warren Buffet and New Orleans. Excellent. Inaccurate Katrina ‘shorthand’ is harmful to metro […]

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LeveesOrg founder Sandy Rosenthal to be panelist at Loyola Law Conference

On Friday March 5, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org will be a guest panelist at the National Association of Environmental Law Societies Annual Conference. Other panelists include Oliver Houck, professor of law at Tulane and Craig Colten, professor of Anthropology at LSU. The panel discussion will focus on the settlement, rebuilding and future foot print […]

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Award winning ‘home’ can now be viewed on TV or purchased

Matt Faust’s award-winning short film ‘home’ can now be viewed on TV or purchased so you can enjoy anytime!

 ‘Home‘, a magical 6-minute movie, artfully captures the spirit of families’ personal loss when the levees failed in August 2005. Using before and after photographs, Faust, originally from St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana, assembled a […]

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