Founder Rosenthal speaks with visitors from Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique and Angola

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

Sandy Rosenthal, 4th from right, poses with visitors from Portuguese speaking countries at the Flooded House Museum in New Orleans.

Recently, founder Sandy Rosenthal met with a group on a study tour related to Transparency & Accountability in Government. This delegation is made of twelve international leaders from Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique and Angola.

Rosenthal spoke to the group about Levees.org’s work in exposing the Army Corps of Engineers levee building mistakes and its campaign after H. Katrina to cover them up.

The presentation was organized through the Global New Orleans which is a nonprofit organization that arranges professional appointments and cultural activities for over 500 international leaders sent to New Orleans annually by the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program and other programs.

As one of approximately 90 councils nationwide, and the only council in Louisiana, the Global New Orleans aims to promote cross-cultural relationships and mutual understanding.

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At 19th anniversary of the worst engineering failure in US history

Sunday, September 8th, 2024

It is now the 19th anniversary of the worst engineering failure in U.S. history––the failure of federal levees during Hurricane Katrina.

Levees.org has made huge strides in its mission to alter the narrative about the flooding catastrophe. Two of the most important accomplishments:

Water Policy––the official journal of the World Water Council––published a groundbreaking article (co-written by H.J. Bosworth of Levees.org) that retracted wrong conclusions about the levee failures and replaced them with the accurate conclusions (2015).

The Associated Press, upon Levees.org’s urging, issued a rare style guide change. In 2022, the AP sent a memo to its reporters worldwide requesting them to include levee failure when mentioning the August 2005 flooding in New Orleans.

But as usual, Levees.org does not rest, because the survivors deserve it.

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Founder Rosenthal is recipient of Editor’s Choice Award of Literary Excellence from Reader’s House

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

On August 19, 2024, founder Sandy Rosenthal was informed that she has been selected as one of the recipients of the Editor’s Choice Award of Literary Excellence by Reader’s House magazine.

The award was given for Rosenthal’s authoring Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Media, 2020)

According to the UK-based magazine, this award is bestowed upon a select number of esteemed authors who have made significant contributions to the literary community

“Your contribution to the literary world is invaluable, and we believe that your words have the power to touch the hearts and minds of readers around the globe, writes Anna Harlowe with Reader’s House Magazine. “Your dedication to your craft is evident in every word you write, and it’s a privilege for us to be able to share your story with our audience.”

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