tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333582172024-03-14T03:30:10.889-05:00Rising Tide Conference BlogThe Rising Tide Conference is an annual gathering for all who wish to learn more and do more to assist New Orleans' recovery. Leveraging the power of bloggers and new media, the conference is a launch pad for organization and action. Our day-long program of speakers and presentations is tailored to inform, entertain, enrage and inspire.Mark Folsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16813261450396857232noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-46018647138295087602020-06-08T11:16:00.000-05:002020-06-08T11:16:23.984-05:00Black Lives MatterYard sign my 13-year old created. (Temporarily brought inside during the tropical storm.)<br />
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After a long, drunken conversation about the long term future of New Orleans in a rising sea level world in which the oil companies I have a preememinent place, I think it's time. Rising Tide are you ready to rise again?
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<b>Taking Action: Building the Movement in Our Communities and Beyond
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Open discussion with <b>Dr. Jill Stein</b>, community organizer, physician, environmental justice activist, <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2015/6/22/exclusive_green_partys_jill_stein_announces">presidential candidate</a>.<br />
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3rd floor boardroom<br />
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Rising Tide X is August 29 at Xavier University. Check out the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/" target="_blank">rest of the website</a> for details about the extensive program. You can go for free this year but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257" target="_blank">please register here</a>. If you'd like to help defray the cost of production, there's <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw" target="_blank">a separate GoFundMe page here</a>.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-16698446387838521822015-08-26T22:45:00.001-05:002015-08-26T22:45:51.895-05:00Big thanks to Gambit, Uptown Messenger and Mid-City MessengerThe organizers of Rising Tide X would like to express our gratitude to <a href="http://www.bestofneworleans.com/">Gambit</a>, <a href="http://uptownmessenger.com/">Uptown Messenger</a> and <a href="http://midcitymessenger.com/">Mid-City Messenger</a> for sponsoring this year's conference. Their generous promotional assistance will help to make this tenth Rising Tide a memorable event.<br />
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In which case you'll want to consult this map of the Xavier campus. The University Center, where RT will take place, is highlighted in red and convenient parking in green. Parking designations for faculty or staff, etc., do not apply on the weekend.<br />
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The conference welcome will begin at 9:30 in the third floor main ballroom. After that, you'll want to <a href="http://risingtideblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/hello-is-this-thing-on.html">consult the cubes</a>. <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-46931589261299099022015-08-25T15:01:00.000-05:002015-08-25T17:45:14.866-05:00History of the Tulane Basketball ScandalRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
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Xavier University<br />
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<span class="modpaneldescript2"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Ryne Hancock returns from Memphis to talk about the Tulane Basketball Scandal from back in the day, hopefully while live-broadcasting for the Poydras Street Report podcast.</span></span></div>
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Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-8624086329152580012015-08-25T14:58:00.001-05:002015-08-25T15:07:57.114-05:00Battle to Save the Times-Picayne, Viewing & DiscussionRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
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Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
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<span class="modpaneldescript"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Rebecca Thiem<em> </em>founded the nonprofit <a href="http://www.dashthirtydash.org/" style="color: #666666;" target="_blank">dashTHIRTYdash</a> to raise awareness about the changes at the newspaper and money for the hundreds of employees who lost their jobs. She subsequently wrote <em><a href="http://www.hellandhighwater-thebook.com/" style="color: #666666;" target="_blank">Hell and High Water: The Battle the Save the New Orleans Times-Picayune</a></em>, about that battle and the forces roiling newspapers across the country, including the dozens owned by Advance Publications, longtime owner of the <em>Picayune.</em><span class="hh"> Because of the role Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath played in the international recognition of the<em>Picayune</em> and its staff, and simultaneously in the decline of the newspaper’s once-vaunted financial performance, the storm is a major character in the book.</span></span><span class="hh" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></div>
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Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-86990688729237132192015-08-25T14:48:00.003-05:002015-08-25T15:07:48.242-05:00Short Term Rentals in New Orleans: GIS StudyRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
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Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
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<span class="modpaneldescript2"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Breonne DeDecker & her team are using research and GIS data to track Short Term Rentals in New Orleans. They're working to understand how this affects the overal rental market and figure out what sort of policy intervention could improve housing access and affordability.</span></span></div>
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Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-2324816121672603962015-08-25T14:45:00.001-05:002015-08-25T15:07:37.833-05:00NOLA[up]rooted: A Study on Social Media & Displaced New OrleaniansRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
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Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
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<span class="modpaneldescript2"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Itza Carbajal & Joy Delgado present "NOLA (Up)rooted," a study on using social media and data mapping to track the New Orleans diaspora and find out who's already home and who's trying to get back.</span></span></div>
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<li><strong class="modpanel" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elisabeth Joy Delgado<br /><a class="modpaneldescript11" href="https://twitter.com/joylynnd" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">@joylynnd</a></strong></li>
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Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-7059414071237702002015-08-25T14:42:00.001-05:002015-08-25T15:07:28.980-05:00Gideon Rising: Daring to Defend the Poor Post-KatrinaRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
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Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
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Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-71290888624289310232015-08-25T14:37:00.003-05:002015-08-25T15:07:22.012-05:00Tech School at Rising Tide X<br />
Rising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
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Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Register at Eventbrite</a><br />
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<strong id="docs-internal-guid-dea4de76-6593-a313-e427-c7e145a7727a2">11 a.m.<br />Growing Your Brand On Instagram</strong></div>
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<li><strong class="modpanel" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-dea4de76-6593-a313-e427-c7e145a7727a2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mallory Whitfield<br /><a class="modpaneldescript11" href="https://twitter.com/MissMalaprop" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">@MissMalaprop</a></strong></li>
</ul>
<div class="modpanel" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<strong id="docs-internal-guid-dea4de76-6593-a313-e427-c7e145a7727a2">12 p.m.<br />Unraveling the Facebook Algorithm</strong></div>
<ul>
<li><strong class="modpanel" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-dea4de76-6593-a313-e427-c7e145a7727a2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cara Jouglard<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CaraJouglard" style="color: #666666;">@CaraJouglard</a></span><a href="https://twitter.com/CaraJouglard" style="color: #666666;"><br /></a></strong></li>
<li><strong class="modpanel" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katy Monnot<br /><a class="modpaneldescript11" href="https://twitter.com/birdonthestreet" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;">@birdonthestreet</a></strong></li>
</ul>
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<strong id="docs-internal-guid-dea4de76-6593-a313-e427-c7e145a7727a2">3 p.m.<br />Intro To Podcasting</strong></div>
<div class="modpanel" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<strong id="docs-internal-guid-dea4de76-6593-a313-e427-c7e145a7727a2">Speaker: Daniel Zimmerman</strong></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-10988379364637899982015-08-25T14:36:00.003-05:002015-08-25T15:07:13.126-05:00Domestic Violence & Social Services in Post-Katrina New OrleansRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
<br />
Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Register at Eventbrite</a><br />
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<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
3 p.m.<br />
Domestic Violence & Social Services in Post-Katrina New Orleans</div>
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
Moderator: Beth Blankenship, <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uno.edu%2Fwomens-center%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGk0RgmqlCTjUVTocxVnLtAO72mkg" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Women's Center</a> Director at University of New Orleans</div>
<ul>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Shana Griffin<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Research & Advocacy Director at the </span><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwhji.org%2Fhome.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFFaND4Wh6lglHAetTM9A3vMxJrFw" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Women’s Health & Justice Initiative</a></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Pamela J. Jenkins<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: inherit;"><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uno.edu%2Fcola%2FSociology%2FFaculty%2FJenkins.aspx&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNECiDHUkOAqMrU-KVQM5Gk5QStlnw" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Professor Emeritus of Sociology at University of New Orleans</a></span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Mary Claire Landry<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Executive Director at <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nofjc.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGnioMbQdcoEPgkA7P83cDAg8YCdw" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">New Orleans Family Justice Center Alliance</a></span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Amalfi K. Parker Elder<br /><a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpub%2Famalfi-parker-elder-esq%2F5%2F970%2F967&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHTP-ROgU3nyYw2FA9RbxhMt8zQ_Q" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Blueprint for Safety Interagency Coordinator</span></a><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;"> at City of New Orleans Department of Health</span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Lisa Richardson<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Director of Research & Evaluation at the <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fiwesnola.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF8WoL2pHHx1oiR-J7HrCSvCG23Ag" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies</a></span></li>
</ul>
Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-11259854956329155432015-08-25T14:28:00.000-05:002015-08-25T14:30:33.425-05:00Panel Discussion: Education in New Orleans: The Next 10 Years <span class="modpaneldescript"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/skooksie/6363655877/" nbsp="" title="McDonough 15 Becoming A School"><img alt="McDonough 15 Becoming A School" height="374" src="https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6213/6363655877_4eb603a3a2.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </span><br />
<span class="modpaneldescript"><br /></span>
<br />
Rising Tide X<br />Aug. 29, 2015<br />
3 p.m. <br /><br />Xavier University<br />1 Drexel Drive<br />
<br />
<span class="modpaneldescript">For the last 10 years, New Orleans has played the blame game in education.</span><br />
<span class="modpaneldescript"> </span>
<br />
<div class="modpaneldescript">
<span class="modpaneldescript">Reformers
have shamed the past to argue for change. In return, reform has been
charged with destroying public education for future children. The
aftermath of Katrina should have incited passions. However, everyone
seems to have profited from the debate except for public school
families—the people who need more than just words.</span></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript">
<span class="modpaneldescript">Durable
arguments have concretized into an immovable tableau that gets in the
way of both justice and progress. Pointing fingers to say <i>who did what to who</i> doesn’t solve problems. Progress forces us to ask <i>where do we go from here</i>. </span></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript">
<span class="modpaneldescript">This session will ask participants where should New Orleans education head in the next 10 years. </span></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b><span class="modpanel1">Moderator: Andre Perry, Columnist</span></b></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b><span class="modpanel1">Amanda Aiken</span></b>, Principal of Crocker Elementary</div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b>Sharon Clark</b>, Principal of Sophie B. Wright Charter School</div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b>Karran Harper Royal</b>, Parent Advocate</div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b>Jamar MckNeely</b>, CEO of the Inspire Network</div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b>Dana Peterson</b>, Deputy Superintendent, Recovery School District</div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<b>Lamont Douglass</b>, Parent and PTA Member at Wilson Elementary </div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
The Education panel will begin at 3:00 pm in the UC ballroom. </div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
<br /></div>
<div class="modpaneldescript3">
Rising Tide X is August 29 at Xavier University. Check out the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/" target="_blank">rest of the website</a> for details about the extensive program. You can go for free this year but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257" target="_blank">please register here</a>. If you'd like to help defray the cost of production, there's <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw" target="_blank">a separate GoFundMe page here</a>.
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-80133414386643227362015-08-25T14:27:00.003-05:002015-08-25T15:07:04.743-05:00Open Primaries in Louisiana: Is there a better way to do this, or are we so far behind that we’re ahead?Rising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
<br />
Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Register at Eventbrite</a><br />
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
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<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
12 p.m.<br />
Open Primaries in Louisiana: Is there a better way to do this, or are we so far behind that we’re ahead?</div>
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
Moderator: Scott Sternberg, <a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fslslsu&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEuZHRu4XUfwhJuBoGW7jmG9bbNEw" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">@slslsu</a> </div>
<ul>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Stephanie Grace<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Political columnist for The Advocate <a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fstephgracenola&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHYnwPptPGHCkFyfdXzeGLSNpqyLA" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;"> @stephgracenola</a> </span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Karen Carvin Shachat<br /><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carvinseder.com%2Faboutus.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFFWLQBULL1jDwMsPdjXOO9hX-nmg" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Carvin/Seeder Consulting </span></a><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Brian Brox<br /><a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftulane.edu%2Fliberal-arts%2Fpolitical-science%2Fbrian-brox.cfm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF-QqNUAUn8vMhuWsRiPPEcNerLhQ" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Professor of Political Science - Tulane University</span></a><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Westley Bayas III<br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Chair, Young Democrats of New Orleans -<a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FWestleyBayas&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHdEJQmSAzLJ7yTZz_3FS3JvQknqg" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">@WestleyBayas</a></span></li>
</ul>
Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-62905039074369130362015-08-25T14:22:00.003-05:002015-08-25T15:06:54.383-05:00Melanated Writers Collective Presents: 10 Writers for 10 YearsRising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
<br />
Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Register at Eventbrite</a><br />
<br />
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
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<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
11 a.m.<br />
Melanated Writers Collective Presents: 10 Writers for 10 Years</div>
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Members of the <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.melanola.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFAVY9vRTdYv__sRIp-6YXp1D2mkA" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Melanated Writers Collective</a> will read poetry and fiction in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina and what it means to live in New Orleans today.</span></div>
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
<a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FMelaNated-Writers-Collective%2F238525279581273&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHLqY_VImzxSNdacuAUPB_OtAMyaw" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">MWC Facebook Event</a></div>
<div class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">
Readings by:</div>
<ul>
<li><a class="c01" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmauriceruffin&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFD8WdS_aLRRmNlBS67w9tZWCFSsQ" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Maurice Ruffin</span></a><span class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"></span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="c1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.melanola.com%2Fthe-collective%2Fambata-kazi-nance%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGz8bWsqHNS2EasLMm8_b86kVD0Ng" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Ambata Kazi-Nance</a></span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="c1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgiansmith.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHoP3BAcsTozv8zRGqPw9z4mWndjg" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Gian Smith</a></span></li>
<li class="modpanel" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="c1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.melanola.com%2Fthe-collective%2Fjewel-bush%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGGppscWFTSxpUDcdJ0EaVUcy1rBA" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">jewel bush</a></span> </li>
</ul>
Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-50678320502793695012015-08-25T14:17:00.000-05:002015-08-25T14:49:52.500-05:00Environmental Panel: Are we any Dam Safer?<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/skooksie/2485647230/in/photolist-xmBqi1-oEFcxq-c5eu3Y-5huF3m-8P9zQ7-4MDAjJ-4NcQWi-4pkerV-5SGUit-5TJ1vW" nbsp="" title="Marsh Debris"><img alt="Marsh Debris" height="374" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3141/2485647230_ea070d96ee.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
<br />
<br />
Rising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
11:30 am<br />
<br />
Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive <br />
<br />
Rising Tide V (Howlin Wolf 2010 Fantastic time was had by all) featured a presentation on levee standards by Tim Ruppert. The presentation was cleverly titled "When can we get some Dam Safety in New Orleans?" The presentation does not appear to have been filmed. Luckily, <a href="http://timsnamelessblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/when-levees-fail-people-die.html">Tim's annotations are still online</a>. Here's the summary.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The thrust of my presentation is this: As long as we think of levees as
protection for houses and furniture, there will be no motivation to
increase the level of protection. Houses and furniture can be replaced
and the government underwrites the insurance to cover those losses.<br />
<br />
We need to talk about levees as serving a higher purpose: levees are often life-safety structures. <span style="font-weight: bold;">When levees fail, people die.</span> That’s what’s important and that’s what we should be designing for.</blockquote>
Five years after this talk and, of course, ten years after the catastrophic failure of New Orleans's flood protection system, <i>Lens </i>environmental reporter Bob Marshall writes that <a href="http://thelensnola.org/2015/08/25/best-ever-levee-system-is-here-to-protect-property-not-lives/">our standard is still inadequate</a>. <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Of all the questions being asked about New Orleans’ progress 10 years
after the disaster that killed nearly 1,500 residents and clouded its
future, the most persistent has been this: Is it safer now?<br />
<br />
Interviews with engineers and storm experts resulted in answers filled with caveats and concerns such as Luettich’s.<br />
<br />
The best summation: It’s safer for houses, but not necessarily for the people who live in them.<br />
<br />
That’s because the new system is the city’s best engineered and built
ever, but it was designed to a lower level of protection than the one
that failed. It’s also less than what Congress ordered in 1965. <b>It was
built to provide property insurance, not save lives</b>. And experts insist
it’s insufficient for an important city sitting on a sinking delta in
hurricane alley during the age of climate-induced sea level rise and
mega storms.</blockquote>
The legal standard for determining the safety of a dam is measured in lives. But "when levees fail, people die" also. And still we're building levees only rated to a standard that satisfies property insurers. Shouldn't we be asking for more dam safety?<br />
<br />
At Rising Tide X, Bob Marshall will participate in a discussion about flood control and about the deteriorating South Louisiana coastal marshes without which the entire system is moot. Here is the full panel.<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="modpaneldescript11"><b>Anne Rolfes</b>, Founding Director of the <a href="http://www.labucketbrigade.org/">Louisiana Bucket Brigade</a> ,
began her career in Nigeria, collaborating with local communities to
address oil companies’ destruction of the Niger Delta. She returned to
Louisiana in 2000 and founded the Louisiana Bucket Brigade to end oil
pollution in her home state. The organization has created cutting edge
tools, including the iWitness Pollution Map, the Refinery Accident
Database and in street based artistic performances. Anne was born and
raised in Lafayette, Louisiana where many people made their fortunes
from the oil industry. She has seen the wealth and the poverty created
by oil production and seeks to make the industry more equitable. She
has a Masters in International Development from Tulane; she has twice
testified before Congress. Her work has been recognized by local and
national awards, including the Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Public
Advocacy and the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader Award.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpaneldescript11"><b>Bob Marshall</b> covers environmental issues for <a href="http://thelensnola.org/author/bob-marshall/">The Lens</a>,
with a special focus on coastal restoration and wetlands. While at The
Times-Picayune, his work chronicling the people, stories and issues of
Louisiana’s wetlands was recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes and other
awards. In 2012 Marshall was a member of the inaugural class inducted
into the Loyola University School of Communications Den of Distinction. </span> </span><br />
<br />
<span class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpaneldescript11"><b>Jonathan Henderson</b> manages the <a href="http://healthygulf.org/">Gulf Restoration Network</a>'s field operations in the Gulf region. By air, sea and land, he searches for, documents and reports pollution incidents such as leaking pipelines, well heads, platforms, and ongoing BP disaster impacts. He also documents the extensive O&G industry destruction of Louisiana wetlands. He is a founding member of the Greater New Orleans Water Collaborative of which he serves on the interim steering committee and as co-chair of the Advocacy working group. Jonathan is also the Founding President of Vanishing Earth advocacy consulting photography. Born and raised New Orleans, Jonathan grew up fishing and canoeing in Louisiana's bayous and creeks, visiting family along coastal Mississippi, and vacationing on beaches in Alabama and Florida. Jonathan has a Bachelor’s degree in Theater from LSU, a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and a JD from Southern University Law Center.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpaneldescript11">The Environmental panel will begin at 11:30 am in the UC Ballroom. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpaneldescript11">Rising Tide X is August 29 at Xavier University. Check out the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/" target="_blank">rest of the website</a> for details about the extensive program. You can go for free this year but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257" target="_blank">please register here</a>. If you'd like to help defray the cost of production, there's <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw" target="_blank">a separate GoFundMe page here</a>.
</span> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-48401268245663761382015-08-25T13:48:00.002-05:002015-08-25T15:06:34.118-05:00She's Got Her Own: New Orleans Black Women Creating Their Own Spaces Online and in Print.Rising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
<br />
Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Register at Eventbrite</a><br />
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<strong><br />10 a.m.<br />She's Got Her Own: New Orleans Black Women Creating Their Own Spaces Online and in Print.<br /><br /><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Panel will discuss the importance of women of color perspectives in print and online and the challenges they've faced in New Orleans to go from vision to fruition.</span></strong><br />
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Moderator: Charmel Gaulden.</div>
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<li class="modpaneldescript" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="modpanel">Kysha Brown Robinson</span><a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Faalbc.com%2Fauthors%2Fkyshan.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEjMLGdZOqK2qG6WZsGCb8HUoRr1Q" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-weight: normal;">Co-Founder of Runagate Press</span></a></li>
<li class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="modpanel" style="font-weight: bold;">Desiree Evans</span>Co-Founder of <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnolawildseeds.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFQvCi9sxR5o58EOCMVYm5Mvj85NA" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Wildseeds: The New Orleans Octavia Butler Emergent Strategy Collective</a></li>
<li class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="modpanel" style="font-weight: bold;">Kelly Harris</span>Founder of <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brassybrown.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHgAMk15ytRh9kKSCpOoOkHAiMbQg" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">BrassyBrown.com</a></li>
<li class="modpaneldescript11" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="modpanel" style="font-weight: bold;">Rachel Graham</span>CEO of <a class="c01" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.small-hinges.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHIRNvGUf4c9i5jQjH3cF_341NagA" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: inherit;">Small Hinges - Strategies Communications Events</a></li>
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Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-28321913634704451142015-08-25T13:44:00.000-05:002015-08-25T15:06:05.761-05:00Gary Rivlin, Katrina: After the Flood <br />
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Rising Tide X<br />
Aug. 29, 2015<br />
9 a.m. <br />
<br />
Xavier University<br />
1 Drexel Drive<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Admission is free.</a><br />
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Register at Eventbrite</a><br />
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Gary Rivlin, author of<a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgaryrivlin.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHJyabOPaJDXJ66MW_LCSN1yu6vEg"> Katrina: After the Flood</a> an investigative reporting fellow at The Nation Institute, is a former New York Times reporter and the author of five books, including most recently Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.—How the Working Poor Became Big Business. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, GQ, and Wired, among other publications.<span style="background-color: #f5f3f4; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Varghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10894849997475823281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-16470825578625559422015-08-25T11:50:00.000-05:002015-08-25T11:50:14.010-05:00Panel Discussion: Transportation: How'd ya Get Where Yat?<span class="modpanel"><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/skooksie/18490546660/" nbsp="" title="Buses"><img alt="Buses" height="375" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/365/18490546660_c3682bfc1e.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </span><br />
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<span class="modpanel">Freelance writer Megan Braden-Perry created the popular <a href="http://meganbradenperry.com/category/public-transit-tuesdays/">Public Transit Tuesdays</a> <span class="modpanel1"></span>feature for <i>Gambit Weekly</i> where she became your friendly guide to the often daunting task of getting around New Orleans via RTA. Megan will moderate a conversation about how New Orleans makes infrastructure an obstacle course. </span><br />
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<li class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpanel1">Rachel Heiligman</span> of <a href="http://rideneworleans.org/">Ride New Orleans</a><br />
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<li class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpanel">Dan Favre</span> of <a href="http://bikeeasy.org/">Bike Easy</a><br />
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<li class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpaneldescript">Jeff Januszek</span> of <a href="http://www.fixmystreetsnola.com/">Fix My Streets</a><br />
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<li class="modpaneldescript11"><span class="modpanel">Amanda Soprano</span> from #NOLATwitter <a href="https://twitter.com/amandasoprano">@AmandaSoprano</a></li>
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This panel will begin at 10:30am in the UC ballroom. </div>
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After the Transportation panel, Amanda Soprano's taking over the
classroom for a breakout session on New Orleans RTA issues specifically.</div>
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Rising Tide X is August 29 at Xavier University. Check out the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/" target="_blank">rest of the website</a> for details about the extensive program. You can go for free this year but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257" target="_blank">please register here</a>. If you'd like to help defray the cost of production, there's <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw" target="_blank">a separate GoFundMe page here</a>.
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<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/8-29" rel="tag"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-74573174773544947452015-08-25T11:32:00.000-05:002015-08-25T11:50:43.562-05:00Author and Journalist Gary Rivilin Speaks at Rising Tide X<span class="modpanel">Gary Rivlin, author of<span class="c6"><span class="c1 c10"><a class="c0" href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgaryrivlin.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHJyabOPaJDXJ66MW_LCSN1yu6vEg"> Katrina: After the Flood</a></span><span class="c10"> </span></span>an investigative reporting fellow at The Nation Institute, is a former <i>New York Times</i> reporter and the author of five books, including most recently <i>Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.—How the Working Poor Became Big Business</i>. His work has appeared in <i>The New York Times Magazine</i>,<i> Mother Jones</i>,<i> GQ</i>, and <i>Wired</i>, among other publications. </span><br />
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<span class="modpanel">Rivlin has spent the past decade in and out of New Orleans researching the city's recovery. <i>Katrina: After the Flood</i> <a href="http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/katrina-in-print-reviewed/Content?oid=2735081">was recently reviewed by <i>Gambit</i></a>. </span><br />
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<b><i>Katrina: After the Flood</i></b><br />
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<i>By Gary Rivlin (Simon & Schuster, $27)</i><br />
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Rivlin covered the aftermath of Katrina for <i>The New York Times</i>
and pieces together a tapestry of portraits and tales that should place
this as one of the definitive books on the subject. He was a fly on the
wall at meetings of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission (which was,
of course, about bringing back some neighborhoods and not others), and
examines the 2006 mayoral race, which brought 21 challengers against
Mayor Ray Nagin, who had made headlines with his "chocolate city"
comment. Along the way, Rivlin tells personal stories of New Orleanians
just trying to get by, like that of Cassandra Wall, who believes the
stress of the storm contributed to her mother's death from cancer, and
the late Mack McClendon, who worked on his destroyed house all day and
slept in a formaldehyde-poisoned FEMA trailer at night.<br />
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There are fascinating quotes on nearly every page, from real estate
developer Pres Kabacoff ("It took a Katrina to finally turn things
around") to Nagin, who allowed talk show host Oprah Winfrey to enter the
Superdome only after swearing aloud, "I, Oprah Winfrey, promise not to
hold the city liable financially or otherwise as a result of me going
into this doggone stinky-ass Superdome."<br />
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Rivlin also resurrects a 2006 story by <i>The New York Times</i>'
Adam Nossiter, who described boosters imagining a New Orleans that has
become "an arts-infused mecca for youthful risk-takers, a boomtown where
entrepreneurs can repair to cool French Quarter bars in ancient
buildings after a hard day of deal making." You be the judge.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/videos/the-lasting-effects-of-hurricane-katrina-20150824">In <i>Rolling Stone</i> this week</a>, Rivlin reports on a generation of young New Orleanians whose lives were affected by the disaster.<br />
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Gary Rivilin's talk will begin the day at Rising Tide X in the Ballroom at 10:00 am. <br />
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Rising Tide X is August 29 at Xavier University. Check out the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/" target="_blank">rest of the website</a> for details about the extensive program. You can go for free this year but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257" target="_blank">please register here</a>. If you'd like to help defray the cost of production, there's <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw" target="_blank">a separate GoFundMe page here</a>.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-76764839027371441292015-08-25T11:17:00.001-05:002015-08-25T11:51:02.360-05:00Hello... Is this thing on?Hi. It's Jeff.<br />
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I'm going to be posting some information here today about <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/conschedule.php">the schedule for Rising Tide X</a>.. or Rising Tide 10.. or #RisingTideX as some have hashtagged it.. or #RTX as others have.. or you can even use #StillStanding which is a joke nobody gets. But please do not call it #ThePartyWagonBubbleMachine because that is not funny.<br />
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The first thing you need to know about the conference this year, though, is that <a href="http://b.rox.com/2015/08/25/rtx/">there are 10 things you need to know about it</a>.<br />
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But another thing you need to know about it is, HOLY CRAP there are CUBES!<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TfRL5NJTw3U/VdyU3olRAoI/AAAAAAAABQU/wJryE2y8pvE/s1600/11921843_10153638005872962_6421402769782664236_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TfRL5NJTw3U/VdyU3olRAoI/AAAAAAAABQU/wJryE2y8pvE/s320/11921843_10153638005872962_6421402769782664236_o.jpg" width="247" /></a><br />
Whoever thought that Rising Tide would get so big and multi-faceted that we would need cubes. Nuts, right? Actually, we're very pleased to offer the full... robust... schedule we'd always hoped to present. This is going to be a great event. And the best thing about it is, unlike the big bright corporate sponsored, city endorsed events going on all week, Rising Tide is very much a homemade, volunteer, grassroots affair.<br />
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Okay, actually, the best thing about it is you can get in free for nothing if you want this time, which is something else we've always aspired to. (<a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw">You can still help us cover costs with a donation if you like.</a>) This is your conference, New Orleans. We couldn't be more proud to have presented it for a decade.<br />
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Stay tuned for some content updates. We hope to see you Saturday.<br />
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Rising Tide X is August 29 at Xavier University. Check out the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/" target="_blank">rest of the website</a> for details about the extensive program. You can go for free this year but <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257" target="_blank">please register here</a>. If you'd like to help defray the cost of production, there's <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw" target="_blank">a separate GoFundMe page here</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-4391193264298511792015-08-04T11:28:00.001-05:002015-08-04T11:40:20.964-05:00Civil Rights leader DeRay Mckesson to keynote Rising Tide X conferenceThe organizers of <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/">Rising Tide</a>, the premier annual new media conference in the GulfSouth, are proud to <b>announce that civil rights activist DeRay McKesson (<a href="https://twitter.com/deray">@deray</a>) will deliver the keynote speech at Rising Tide X (#RTX)</b>, Aug. 29 at Xavier University.<br />
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Since the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, McKesson has used social media to amplify protest and advocacy against oppressive systems. In the past year he has become one of the most widely-recognized civil rights leaders of his generation. His keynote, scheduled for 2pm, will highlight a full day of multi-track content at Rising Tide X. <br />
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Rising Tide organizer Mark Moseley said, "Part of Rising Tide's mission is to use technology to transform advocacy into action. No one has done that better over the past year than DeRay McKesson. He is at the forefront of an innovative digital movement to expose and resist systems of racial oppression. We thank him for accepting our invitation and look forward to his speech and presence in New Orleans on August 29." <br />
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Fortune magazine rated McKesson #11 on its list of “<a href="http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/johnetta-elzie-and-deray-mckesson-11/">World’s Greatest Leaders</a>.” The Los Angeles Times hailed McKesson as one of the “<a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-civil-rights-leaders-br-20150304-htmlstory.html">new civil rights leaders</a>,” and New York Magazine <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/magazine/our-demand-is-simple-stop-killing-us.html?_r=1">profiled him in May</a> and said he helped build the "nation’s first 21st-century civil rights movement." <br />
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For more on @DeRay, see his <a href="http://www.wetheprotesters.org/about/">bio page here</a>.<br />
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Rising Tide X will be free admission. Organizers aim to have free lunch for attendees, as well, but this will be contingent on the amount of donations received on the RTX Go Fund Me page <a href="http://gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw">gofundme.com/7y3bpndfw</a> <br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rising-tide-x-tickets-17785616257">Rising Tide X registration</a><br />
<a href="http://risingtidenola.com/">Rising Tide website</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/664558293644908/">Rising Tide X FB</a><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/risingtide">Rising Tide twitter</a><br />
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The 10th annual Rising Tide New Media Conference will be held from 9am-5pm at the University Center at Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 on August 29, 2015. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-16899503347549468162015-03-17T22:08:00.000-05:002015-03-17T22:08:24.360-05:00Rising Tide X - RFP Context <br /><br />CONTACT: Rising Tide Programming Committee at <a href="mailto:programming@risingtidenola.com">programming@risingtidenola.com</a> <br />WHO: <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/">Rising Tide NOLA</a><br />WHAT: Rising Tide X: Conference on Civic Activism & New Media<br />WHEN: 10 Years Post Deluge |Saturday, August 29, 2015<br />WHERE: University Center | Xavier University of Louisiana<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://risingtidenola.com/">Rising Tide NOLA</a>, Inc. presents RISING TIDE X, the 10th annual civic activism & new media conference centered on the recovery and future of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We invite you to be a part of it. If you, someone you know, or your organization is interested in participating, we have drafted a <a href="http://risingtideblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/rising-tide-x-request-for-proposals.html">Request for Proposals</a>. <br /><br /><br />We are looking for programming proposals in multiple formats. Rising Tide has focused on panel discussions, individual presentations, & small group discussions in the past. This year, we would love to include readings and oral histories, and perhaps some "soapbox/open mic" or moderated debate. (Based on past Rising Tides, some heckling may be involved in those last two!) And if you think you have an inventive format that your fellow New Orleanians would be interested in, let us know and we'll see what we can do. <br /><br /><br />We're looking for a diverse array of programming themes and topics regarding the past decade. Here's the non-comprehensive list of Rising Tide's "greatest hits:"<br /><br />- Environment/Vanishing Coast/Oil Spills/Infrastructure<br />- Traditional Media, New Media, Social Media<br />- Activism & Citizen Engagement (online and otherwise) <br />- Sports<br />- Criminal Justice<br />- Education<br />- Urban Development, Gentrification, Land Use<br />- History & Culture<br />- Tech School <br />- Anything we didn't think of but you did. <br /><br /><br />Proposals will be accepted until May 1, but there are no points off for turning ideas in early. If you have any questions about this process, your proposals, or participating in Rising Tide, please don't hesitate to send us an email or contact us on Twitter or Facebook. <br /><br /><br />Thank you! <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/rising+tide+nola">Rising Tide Nola</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Katrina">Katrina</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/nola">NOLA</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/new+orleans">New Orleans</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Hurricane+Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Think">Think New Orleans</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Louisiana">Louisiana</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/FEMA">FEMA</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/levees">levees</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/flooding">flooding</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/corps+of+engineers">Corps of Engineers</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/we+are+not+ok">We Are Not OK</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/wetlands">wetlands</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/news">news</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/rebirth">rebirth</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/debrisville">Debrisville</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/federal+flood">Federal Flood</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/8-29">8-29</a>Cousin Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445894373136726700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33358217.post-55734897361404746852015-03-15T21:15:00.002-05:002015-03-17T21:11:12.231-05:00Rising Tide X - Request for Proposals <div class="MsoNormal">
<b>CONTACT</b>: Rising
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<b>WHO</b>: <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/">Rising Tide NOLA</a><br />
<b>WHAT</b>: Rising Tide X: Conference on Civic
Activism & New Media<br />
<b>WHEN</b>: 10 Years Post Deluge
|Saturday, August 29, 2015<br />
<b>WHERE</b>: University Center | Xavier
University of Louisiana <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<a href="http://risingtidenola.com/">Rising Tide NOLA</a>,
Inc. presents RISING TIDE X, the 10th annual civic activism & new media conference
centered on the recovery and future of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We
invite you to be a part of it.</div>
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It has been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and the Failure
of the Levees. In that decade, we have
endured other hurricanes & evacuations, the worst oil spill in US History, and
a disappearing coast. There's been an ongoing reorganization of public schools,
Department of Justice consent decrees with police forces and prisons while
violent crime continues to be a problem, a former governor out of prison & running for
Congress, a current governor running for President, one former mayor reporting
to prison. There's been rapid gentrification and unequal recovery, massive
investment in tourism, selective enforcement of rules governing live music, and
new hospitals we may not have the money to operate. At the same time, people
interact with their communities, government, and news in dramatic new ways.
From a daily paper to personal blogs to online newsfeeds to snappy Twitter
commentary, we occupy a very different space from a decade ago in both physical
and informational senses. Each of those
years, Rising Tide has hosted a conference to explore that space from outside
the official narrative of What's Going On, to give voice to those left behind
in the wake of the New Orleans Miracles, to remind folks that you can't
advertise oil off the beach with a PR campaign, and to point out any number of
places We Are (Still) Not OK.</div>
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At Rising Tide, we want to put that off-script, unofficial,
read-between-the-lines story front and center. We invite you to be a part of
it. We do so with this request for proposals for programming, panels, and
presentations. </div>
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address</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">a list of participants/presenters describing
their relationship to or expertise on the topic</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">how the programming will be presented to the
audience</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">how the audience will be involved in the
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Please
email brief (2 page max) proposals in plain text, word documents, or PDF
attachments to <a href="mailto:programming@risingtidenola.com">programming@risingtidenola.com</a>.
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<b>PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH May 1,
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Rising Tide encourages:</div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Focus on civic activism - making changes in the
community</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Collaboration between organizations to add multiple
and diverse perspectives</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Using social, alternative, or new media to share
information, empower communities, and/or organize activism</span></li>
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Programming at Rising Tide is subject to broadcast via
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While programming is free to address political topics,
Rising Tide maintains a strict non-partisan forum, current elected officials
and campaigning candidates for political offices are discouraged from
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<u> <b>CONFERENCE BACKGROUND</b><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Rising Tide attendance has averaged more than 100 attendees,
media, and volunteer staff annually. Conference content live streamed on the
web averages over 1000 unique viewers during each event, with <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/media.php">archives on our website</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://risingtidenola.com/conschedule.php">Last
year's conference</a> featured a keynote address from education activist Andre
Perry, and hosted programming on Lost New Orleans History, the Young Leadership
Council (YLC), civic engagement to fix the Treme Center, and religion in
Post-Katrina New Orleans . <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/history.php">Past
speakers</a> have included Lt. General Russel Honore, U.S. Army (ret.), acclaimed
local writer Lolis Eric Elie, professor of history Lawrence Powell,<i> Treme</i> and <i>The Wire</i> creator David Simon, geographer Richard Campanella, journalist
Mac McClelland, entertainer Harry Shearer, and authors David Zirin, John Barry,
Christopher Cooper, and Robert Block. Previous panelists and a description of
programming history can be viewed on the <a href="http://risingtidenola.com/history.php">Rising Tide website</a>.</div>
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More information is available at the Rising Tide website: <a href="http://www.risingtidenola.com/">www.risingtidenola.com</a>; at the Rising
Tide blog: <a href="http://www.risingtideblog.blogspot.com/">www.risingtideblog.blogspot.com</a>;
on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RisingTideNOLA">Rising Tide Facebook
page</a>; and the organization can be followed on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/risingtide">@RisingTide</a>. </div>
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Tide NOLA, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed by New Orleans bloggers in
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federally built
levees. After the disaster, the internet became a vital connection among
dispersed New Orleanians, former New Orleanians, and friends of the city and
the Gulf Coast region. A number of new blogs were created, and combined with
those that were already online, an online community with a shared interest in
New Orleans and the Gulf Coast developed. In the summer of 2006, to mark the
anniversary of the flood, the bloggers of New Orleans organized the first
Rising Tide Conference, taking their shared interest in technology, the arts,
the internet and social media and turning advocacy in the city into action</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">.</span><br />
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