Recognitions and Awards

 

  • Founder Rosenthal’s book receives the First Horizon Award for Non-Fiction by a debut author. May 2021.
  • Founder Rosenthal’s book receives the Nautilus Award for Journalism & Investigative Reporting. May 2021.
  • Tulane University’s Mark Davis releases introduction to Rosenthal’s book published in Water Alternatives. April 2021.
  • Columbia University issues positive technical review of Rosenthal’s debut book. January 2021
  • Founder Rosenthal’s book Words Whispered in Water receives 2021 Feathered Quill Silver Book Award
  • Miami Book Fair features founder Rosenthal’s debut book and she is interviewed by NPR’s John Burnett, Nov 2020
  • Founder Rosenthal’s book Words Whispered in Water reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Nov 2020
  • Mount Holyoke College selects Sandy Rosenthal as one of “76 Alum to Know About.” Spring 2020
  • Levees.org’s Flooded House Museum is featured in the Secret New Orleans Guide published in April 2020
  • Levees.org is heavily featured in the award-winning podcast ‘Floodlines’ created by The Atlantic Magazine. March 2020
  • Sandy Rosenthal announces book contract with Florida-based Mango Publishing; book due out in August 2020
  • Founder Rosenthal is featured in book; Cherchez la Femme by Cheryl Gerber on outstanding New Orleans women (Dec 2019)
  • New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell recognizes Levees.org for opening the Flooded House Museum (April 2019)
  • Levees.org receives “Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year” designation from Tulane University (April 2018)
  • Founder Rosenthal is recorded in podcast by Storycorps for the New Orleans Tricentennial, January 2018
  • Dillard University; Levees.org receives the “Pioneer of Purpose” award (August 2016)
  • Levees.org receives the Diana Lewis Citizen Participation from Committee for a Better New Orleans (August 2015)
  • New Orleans City Council recognizes Levees.org for opening the Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden (August 2015)
  • Levees.org is honored as Hero of the Recovery, by New Orleans Magazine (August 2015)
  • Sandy Rosenthal and Mark Schleifstein receive Avodah Partner in Justice award (April 2015)
  • Levees.org receives Outstanding Citizen Diplomat, New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council
  • Mount Holyoke College recognizes Sandy Rosenthal as Most Influential Woman
  • Work of Levees.org cited in book Catastrophe in the Making (Island Press, 2009).
  • Levees.org honored by Southern Dominican Province as First Responder Post Katrina
  • Young Leadership Council recognizes Sandy Rosenthal as a role model
  • Louisiana Colonials Preservation recognizes Levees.org with the Preservation Award
  • Levees.org receives the Award of Merit from Victims & Citizens Against Crime
  • The Rotary Club of New Orleans honors Levees.org with the Service Above Self Award
  • Sandy Rosenthal is inducted to the Louisiana Center for Women & Government Hall of Fame
  • City Business honors Sandy Rosenthal and Levees.org among Women of the Year