Post-Katrina New Orleans: A Welcoming Community? | Jesuit Social Research Institute - Loyola University New Orleans

Post-Katrina New Orleans: A Welcoming Community?
Saturday, September 11, 2010
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Audubon Room - Danna Center - Loyola University

A free conference looking at how well residents and newcomers alike have been welcomed back in the last five years and what still needs to be done.

Part One: Welcoming Back Our Own

• Allison Plyer with the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center will present key findings on the recovery of New Orleans.
• Jarvis DeBerry, a columnist with The Times Picayune, will discuss how New Orleans has welcomed residents, especially the poor, elderly, and people of color.
• Workshops to follow

Part Two: Welcoming Newcomers

• Martin Gutierrez, the Executive Director of Neighborhood & Community Services of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, will give an overview of the experience of immigrant workers coming to New Orleans after Katrina and how well they have been received.
• Workshops to follow

Made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Free and open to the public.

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