Levees.org Founder Meets with 6 Distinguished International Journalists

Monday, February 29th, 2016
Distinguished journalists

Sandy Rosenthal met with six distinguished journalists at the Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden.

Today, Sandy Rosenthal, the founder of Levees.org met with a delegation ​of six (6) distinguished ​international journalists and one (1) State Department liaison.

The group was visiting the United States through a program with the U.S. Department of State learning about the role that investigative journalists play in U.S. society by raising awareness of issues of social concern or by reporting on illegal, irregular, or abusive actions on behalf of government, politicians, or corporations​.

The journalists were from Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Tajikistan.

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Levees.org meets African visitors through U.S. Department of State

Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
Sandy Rosenthal center meets with visitors from Africa who were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the U.S Department of State

Sandy Rosenthal center meets with visitors from Africa who were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the U.S Department of State

Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of sixteen visitors from Africa including two interpreters.

The visitors were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the U.S Department of State. They requested to meet with Rosenthal to a discuss the group’s grassroots work in holding the federal government accountable. They were also interested in the organization’s current relationship with the Army Corps.

Ms. Rosenthal met the group at the outdoor Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden at 5000 Warrington Drive in Gentilly, the site of one of the most severe levee breaches during Katrina.

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Evacuating for an extreme event often a nightmare

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Contraflow ahead of Hurricane Gustav in August 2008. Photo/CNN

Contraflow ahead of Hurricane Gustav in August 2008. Photo/CNN

This opinion piece was published in The New Orleans Advocate on Wed Jan 13, 2016.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee recently attracted consternation from New Orleans residents.

The Republican presidential candidate suggested that New Orleanians didn’t evacuate for Hurricane Katrina because they had been desensitized by climate change activists who exaggerate the threat of dangerous weather.

The remark has no factual basis, of course. But it also demonstrates a misunderstanding of how rough evacuations are.

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