Founder to speak at Disaster Symposium

Monday, November 16th, 2015
Sandy Rosenthal at site of Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden. Photo/Kenneth Evans

Sandy Rosenthal at site of Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden. Photo/Kenneth Evans

Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal is among a “diverse group of Louisianans” who will speak on Hurricane Katrina, then and now, at the last in a series of Katrina anniversary programs

WHEH: Tuesday (Nov. 17) at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University

“We have assembled a profoundly interesting array of Louisianans to reflect on what the phrase ‘the Katrina disaster now’ means to them,” says event organizer Andy Horowitz, an assistant professor of history who is teaching a class called The Katrina Disaster Now at Tulane this semester.

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A supporter’s perspective on the Levee Education Park

Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
Two days before ribbon cutting day, contractors and volunteers were working toward completion. Photo/Kenneth Evans

Two days before ribbon cutting day. Photo/Kenneth Evans

The cooler weather has brought more people to our Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden at 5000 Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans.

Recently, a long time Levees.org supporter visited the site and she wrote to me and shared her perspective. We thought it was so well written that we asked for and received her permission to reprint it here.

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Levees.org meets with Latin American visitors

Monday, October 5th, 2015

The recently opened Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden is a perfect place for Sandy Rosenthal (center in green shirt) to meet journalists from Latin America.

Recently, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of fifteen visitors from Latin America including four interpreters.

The visitors were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the U.S Department of State to examine the ethical standards of conduct in government that underlie the U.S. democratic system and demonstrate how these standards are defined, monitored, and enforced in federal, state, and local governments.

The group included representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraquay and Venezuala.

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