Saturday, October 25th
Kirschman Hall
University of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Drive
All Media Inquiries email us at info@theneworleansinstitute.org
Since the 2005 levee failures New Orleanians have been challenged to evacuate, resettle, reevaluate and rebuild. New networks have formed and a new generation of private sector, not-for-profit, and community leaders has emerged.
The New Orleans Institute is dedicated to elevating and connecting New Orleans’ emergent citizen leaders. Membership is free and open to individuals and organizations that have risen to claim their neighborhoods and their city. Because the New Orleans Institute is still evolving, becoming a member now gives you the opportunity participate in shaping what We, together, will become. Email Us.
The New Orleans Institute is dedicated to elevating and connecting New Orleans’ emergent citizen leaders. Membership is free and open to individuals and organizations that have risen to claim their neighborhoods and their city. Because the New Orleans Institute is still evolving, becoming a member now gives you the opportunity participate in shaping what We, together, will become. Email Us.
There are volunteer opportunites citywide also found on the Neighborhoods Partnership Netork community portal.
"I have learned a lot about the human spirit and survival. There is a leader in each of us, just waiting for the right circumstance to bring those qualities forth. Our very way of life had vanished in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Our city was devastated, not only by the flood waters, but by an obvious lack of governmental response, cohesiveness and leadership. This opportunity has been the catalyst that has sparked a flame inside many otherwise ordinary men and women who have emerged as leaders in our recovery. Without them, there is no recovery."
According to news reports we heard while battened down in our home for Hurricane Gustav, some 10,000 of us had stayed behind — less than 5 percent of the city’s population. Hmmm, don’t the Hell’s Angels call themselves the 5 percenters? Do we stay because we’re closet outlaws?
