2013 Rising Tide keynote speaker Deborah Cotton wrote a must-read essay for Next City, titled "I was shot in New Orleans, but I'm not mad at my shooter."
Check it out.
The 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.
8.23.2013
@BeingNOLA tweets about Rising Tide
.@risingtide is in its 8th year. It is not strictly a tech conference, though we do have a Tech School for instruction in social media tips
— I AM NOLA (@BeingNOLA) August 20, 2013
I tell people who are curious that the conference is for anybody interested in the issues affecting #nola's future. ANYbody.
— I AM NOLA (@BeingNOLA) August 20, 2013
.@risingtide keeps conference fees low ($20 all-day includes a light breakfast & lunch) & tries to get good programming together on #nola.
— I AM NOLA (@BeingNOLA) August 20, 2013
Bottom line? It's fun and I love it. I love that @DebCotton will be speaking this year, that @melanatednola will be a part of it.
— I AM NOLA (@BeingNOLA) August 20, 2013
Best conference I've been to. And the cheapest. MT @BeingNOLA: More info on @risingtide can be found at http://t.co/LPB9sXKLXj
— Stephen Danley (@SteveDanley) August 20, 2013
8.15.2013
Throwback Thursday
Rising Tide remembers Richard Campanella's presentation at Rising Tide 6, our first event at Xavier University.
Like what you see? Registration is open now for Rising Tide 8. Admission $20 in advance, $40 at the door, show student ID for discount. Breakfast and lunch included.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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Like what you see? Registration is open now for Rising Tide 8. Admission $20 in advance, $40 at the door, show student ID for discount. Breakfast and lunch included.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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8.14.2013
Creating Community for Writers of Color: MelaNated Writers Collective at Rising Tide 8
Far too often writers of color are unheard, under-represented, and undervalued in the literary world. MelaNated Writers Collective (@melanatednola) was established in 2010 to create a network of support and resources for writers of color in New Orleans. Members of MWC will discuss its struggles and success as a collective and why New Orleans is a ripe city for literary rebirth. Panelists will discuss how the group’s mission, vision, writers workshop, and how it engages community and partners with other locals.
Moderator: Jarvis Q. DeBerry, an editorial writer and columnist, has written for The Times-Picayune since 1997. He was on the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. In 2007, 2011 and 2013, his column was given first prize by the Louisiana/Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors Association. DeBerry has had poetry published in several anthologies, most recently The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South.
Panelists:
jewel bush writes a weekly opinion column on politics, literature, and women's issues for Uptown Messenger. Her work has also appeared in The Courier, The Washington Post and The Times-Picayune. bush has participated in the Voices summer workshop for writers of color at the University of San Francisco as well as Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop at Texas A&M University. In July 2010, she founded MelaNated Writers, a multi-genre collective for writers of color in New Orleans.
David Thaddeus Baker is a media coordinator and journalist based in New Orleans, LA. He is a native of the city and works as an associate and web editor for The Louisiana Weekly newspaper – the oldest African-American newspaper in the Southeast Louisiana region – where he has been employed since 2004. Baker earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dillard University in 2004 and has studied Public Relations at Tulane University’s University College.
Kelly Harris – Poet and founder of Poems & Pink Ribbons, a writing workshop for breast cancer survivors and their loved ones. Her poems have appeared in Say it Loud: Poems for James Brown, Pluck Journal, and Yale University’s Caduceus. She also serves on the board of STAIRNola (Star the Adventure in Reading).
Gian Smith is a New Orleans based artist. His craft spans over several media including writing, acting, and video production, but he is probably most notably recognized as a spoken word poet. Gian has made several television appearances, some on local New Orleans stations, some international including VH1 and HBO. His poem ‘O Beautiful Storm’ was featured in a preview for season 2 of HBO’s Treme, which resulted in an interview on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition. Smith is also well known locally for his community organization including NOYOpresents: Pass It On open mic. He and his partners have co-hosted the event since November of 2008. Smith can often be found at local high schools and middle schools when asked to speak to children and aspiring poets.
More information on MelaNated Writer’s Collective:
MelaNated Writers is a contemporary incarnation of previous black artist collectives in New Orleans such as: Negro Writers Project, a BLKARTSOUTH, the Congo Square Writers’ Union, and more recently, NOMMO Literary Society.
MWC is composed of New Orleans natives, as well as transplants from other southern cities and places like Chicago, California and London. While the group is predominantly African-American, it includes members of who have roots in the Philippines, India and Malaysia. MelaNated Writers are journalists, professors, MFA students, published fictionists and poets, and even one Pulitzer winner. Indeed, the membership roll holds clues to the names that will populate the pantheon of Southern writers in the very near future.
MWC has hosted a number of successful literary events: A MelaNated Summer (2012), a series of public readings held at locations around the city like the New Orleans Museum of Art and JuJu Bag attracted more than 300 literature lovers; MWC’s signature event, The Literary Jook Joint (December 2012) featured nationally-renowned poet and photographer Thomas Sayers Ellis as well as local legends Dr. Jerry Ward, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy and Kalaamu ya Salaam; The Literary Jook Joint (March 2013) held in conjunction with the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. MWC also engages a local and national audience on Facebook and Twitter.
Despite changes in the publishing world and local dismal literacy rates, MWC works to create opportunities for writers that grow the audience for literary artists of color.
Registration for Rising Tide is open now. Admission $20 in advance, $40 at the door, show student ID for discount. Breakfast and lunch included.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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Moderator: Jarvis Q. DeBerry, an editorial writer and columnist, has written for The Times-Picayune since 1997. He was on the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. In 2007, 2011 and 2013, his column was given first prize by the Louisiana/Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors Association. DeBerry has had poetry published in several anthologies, most recently The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South.
Panelists:
jewel bush writes a weekly opinion column on politics, literature, and women's issues for Uptown Messenger. Her work has also appeared in The Courier, The Washington Post and The Times-Picayune. bush has participated in the Voices summer workshop for writers of color at the University of San Francisco as well as Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop at Texas A&M University. In July 2010, she founded MelaNated Writers, a multi-genre collective for writers of color in New Orleans.
David Thaddeus Baker is a media coordinator and journalist based in New Orleans, LA. He is a native of the city and works as an associate and web editor for The Louisiana Weekly newspaper – the oldest African-American newspaper in the Southeast Louisiana region – where he has been employed since 2004. Baker earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dillard University in 2004 and has studied Public Relations at Tulane University’s University College.
Kelly Harris – Poet and founder of Poems & Pink Ribbons, a writing workshop for breast cancer survivors and their loved ones. Her poems have appeared in Say it Loud: Poems for James Brown, Pluck Journal, and Yale University’s Caduceus. She also serves on the board of STAIRNola (Star the Adventure in Reading).
Gian Smith is a New Orleans based artist. His craft spans over several media including writing, acting, and video production, but he is probably most notably recognized as a spoken word poet. Gian has made several television appearances, some on local New Orleans stations, some international including VH1 and HBO. His poem ‘O Beautiful Storm’ was featured in a preview for season 2 of HBO’s Treme, which resulted in an interview on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition. Smith is also well known locally for his community organization including NOYOpresents: Pass It On open mic. He and his partners have co-hosted the event since November of 2008. Smith can often be found at local high schools and middle schools when asked to speak to children and aspiring poets.
More information on MelaNated Writer’s Collective:
MelaNated Writers is a contemporary incarnation of previous black artist collectives in New Orleans such as: Negro Writers Project, a BLKARTSOUTH, the Congo Square Writers’ Union, and more recently, NOMMO Literary Society.
MWC is composed of New Orleans natives, as well as transplants from other southern cities and places like Chicago, California and London. While the group is predominantly African-American, it includes members of who have roots in the Philippines, India and Malaysia. MelaNated Writers are journalists, professors, MFA students, published fictionists and poets, and even one Pulitzer winner. Indeed, the membership roll holds clues to the names that will populate the pantheon of Southern writers in the very near future.
MWC has hosted a number of successful literary events: A MelaNated Summer (2012), a series of public readings held at locations around the city like the New Orleans Museum of Art and JuJu Bag attracted more than 300 literature lovers; MWC’s signature event, The Literary Jook Joint (December 2012) featured nationally-renowned poet and photographer Thomas Sayers Ellis as well as local legends Dr. Jerry Ward, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy and Kalaamu ya Salaam; The Literary Jook Joint (March 2013) held in conjunction with the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. MWC also engages a local and national audience on Facebook and Twitter.
Despite changes in the publishing world and local dismal literacy rates, MWC works to create opportunities for writers that grow the audience for literary artists of color.
Registration for Rising Tide is open now. Admission $20 in advance, $40 at the door, show student ID for discount. Breakfast and lunch included.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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8.13.2013
Tech School is Back at Rising Tide 8
Want to learn more about using social media? Katy Monnot, author of Bird on the Street, hosts Tech School at Rising Tide 8 at Xavier University – University Center on Saturday, September 14, 2013 from 10am – 5pm.
Panel lineup:
Working With Bloggers –Join Bridgette Duplantis from Experimental Mommy; Maria Sinclair from Babies, Blogging, and the Bayou; and Shercole King from Goodnola.com and Minoritywierdos.com for a discussion on how small, local businesses can leverage the power of blogs to help with promotions. Moderated by Victoria Adams, Network Relations Manager at the Idea Village.
Personal Branding: When You are What You’re Selling – Megan (Braden-Perry) Capone, Celeste “Metry Chick” Haar, and Marielle “NOLA Chick” Songy talk about how to promote yourself and present your work.
Using Visual Tools in Online Promotion – Addie K. Martin of Culicurious.com and Jess Leigh of Jess Leigh Jewels answer questions about selecting the right images, when to share, and how to maximize marketing potential. Moderated by Cara Jouglard of Peanuts are Evil Photography.
Content Marketing – presented by Steve Maloney of Search Influence.
Conference registration is open now. Admission $20 in advance, $40 at the door, show student ID for discount. Breakfast and lunch included.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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Panel lineup:
Working With Bloggers –Join Bridgette Duplantis from Experimental Mommy; Maria Sinclair from Babies, Blogging, and the Bayou; and Shercole King from Goodnola.com and Minoritywierdos.com for a discussion on how small, local businesses can leverage the power of blogs to help with promotions. Moderated by Victoria Adams, Network Relations Manager at the Idea Village.
Personal Branding: When You are What You’re Selling – Megan (Braden-Perry) Capone, Celeste “Metry Chick” Haar, and Marielle “NOLA Chick” Songy talk about how to promote yourself and present your work.
Using Visual Tools in Online Promotion – Addie K. Martin of Culicurious.com and Jess Leigh of Jess Leigh Jewels answer questions about selecting the right images, when to share, and how to maximize marketing potential. Moderated by Cara Jouglard of Peanuts are Evil Photography.
Content Marketing – presented by Steve Maloney of Search Influence.
Conference registration is open now. Admission $20 in advance, $40 at the door, show student ID for discount. Breakfast and lunch included.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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8.12.2013
Rising Tide 8 Keynote: Deborah Cotton
Rising Tide will be rolling out information on the conference program all week, but we'd like to start things off by announcing that Deb Cotton, a powerful voice and advocate for New Orleans culture, will give the keynote address at Rising Tide 8.
For years, Ms. Cotton has reported on brass bands, New Orleans music, and second lines for a number of local media organizations, including Notes on New Orleans published on NOLA.com and the Gambit's Blog of New Orleans. Her voice and perspective serve as an authority on subjects that are associated with the beating heart of New Orleans, but are too often taken for granted or mischaracterized. She spoke at Rising Tide 6 on the Brass Bands panel (video below), and we're excited to announce that she has joined the lineup as our keynote at Rising Tide 8.
As noted by Kevin Allman earlier today on Gambit's Blog of New Orleans, Ms. Cotton began publishing on her own website New Orleans Good Good shortly before being critically injured at the Mother's Day second line. As Rising Tide organizer Leigh C. noted on Humid City, "I couldn’t help but think that one of the greatest tributes to her toils was Ronal Serpas making the point that the second line was not to blame for the shootings – and most everyone agreeing with that assessment."
Rising Tide is honored to have her speak to the conference once again.
Registration for Rising Tide 8 is open now.
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For years, Ms. Cotton has reported on brass bands, New Orleans music, and second lines for a number of local media organizations, including Notes on New Orleans published on NOLA.com and the Gambit's Blog of New Orleans. Her voice and perspective serve as an authority on subjects that are associated with the beating heart of New Orleans, but are too often taken for granted or mischaracterized. She spoke at Rising Tide 6 on the Brass Bands panel (video below), and we're excited to announce that she has joined the lineup as our keynote at Rising Tide 8.
As noted by Kevin Allman earlier today on Gambit's Blog of New Orleans, Ms. Cotton began publishing on her own website New Orleans Good Good shortly before being critically injured at the Mother's Day second line. As Rising Tide organizer Leigh C. noted on Humid City, "I couldn’t help but think that one of the greatest tributes to her toils was Ronal Serpas making the point that the second line was not to blame for the shootings – and most everyone agreeing with that assessment."
Rising Tide is honored to have her speak to the conference once again.
Registration for Rising Tide 8 is open now.
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8.02.2013
Diamonds Bones and Ash
Among his other contributions to Rising Tide over the years, Greg Peters created the artwork for five of the seven official conference posters including this striking image in 2011. He will be missed by many.
6.29.2013
Rising Tide 8 - Save the Date!
WHAT: 8th
Annual Rising Tide New Media Conference
WHEN: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 9am – 6pm
WHERE: University Center, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, NOLA, 70125
WHEN: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 9am – 6pm
WHERE: University Center, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, NOLA, 70125
SAVE THE DATE!
Rising Tide NOLA,
Inc. will present its 8th annual new media conference centered on the recovery and future of New
Orleans and the Gulf Coast on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the University
Center of Xavier University of Louisiana.
Online registration is available through Rising Tide’s website and Eventbrite portal. Early online registration is $20 and will run through Thursday, September 12. Registration at the door is $40. Registrants with valid student ID are $18. Lunch is included in the price of admission, and vegetarian options will be available.
The conference is a one day event with programming presented
in a variety of formats including presentations, directed conversations,
keynote addresses, and on-stage panel discussions addressing issues relevant to
New Orleans and the Gulf South’s ongoing recovery, diverse history, unique
culture, or emerging concerns. Watch this summer for announcements regarding
the program content, schedule, and keynote address by following Rising Tide on Twitter
(@RisingTide), the Facebook, or blog.
CONFERENCE BACKGROUND
Previous conferences featured keynotes by acclaimed local
writer Lolis Eric Elie and Tulane University professor of history Lawrence Powell, as well as panel discussions on the status and future of local
journalism, changes to
the education system, environmental impacts of the oil spill, development of cultural
economy, parenting, entrepreneurship, and
neighborhood activism. Past
speakers have included Treme and The Wire creator David Simon, geographer
Richard Campanella, journalist Mac McClelland, entertainer Harry Shearer, and
authors David Zirin, John Barry, Christopher Cooper, and Robert Block.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The
Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
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4.09.2013
Rising Tide 8 - Request for Proposals
CONTACT: Rising
Tide Programming Committee at programming@risingtidenola.com
WHO: Rising Tide NOLA
WHAT: 8th Annual Rising Tide New Media Conference
WHEN: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 9am – 6pm
WHERE: University Center, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, NOLA, 70125
WHO: Rising Tide NOLA
WHAT: 8th Annual Rising Tide New Media Conference
WHEN: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 9am – 6pm
WHERE: University Center, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, NOLA, 70125
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Rising Tide NOLA,
Inc. will present its 8th annual new media conference centered on the recovery and future of New
Orleans and the Gulf Coast on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the University
Center of Xavier University of Louisiana.
This year, Rising Tide invites participation from community
and university organizations from across New Orleans by issuing this request
for proposals for programming, panels, and presentations at the event. The conference is a one day event with
programming presented in a variety of formats including - but not limited to -
individual presentations, directed conversations, keynote addresses, and
on-stage panel discussions. The space available allows for significant
flexibility when it comes to programming proposals.
Successful proposals will address issues relevant to New
Orleans and the Gulf South’s ongoing recovery, diverse history, unique culture,
or emerging concerns. Additionally, proposals could focus on or incorporate
aspects of new or social media, information technology and access, and creative
uses of communication. Collaboration between organizations to present
programming is encouraged to add multiple and diverse perspectives. 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 participating in programming.
PROPOSAL FORMAT
Proposals should include the following: a brief description
of the topic being considered, with an indication of the relevance of the topic
to local issues and what the audience should take away from the experience; a
list of participants/presenters that describes their roles to the presentation
and describes their relationship to or expertise on the topic; and a draft
facilitation plan for how the programming will be presented to the audience,
and how the audience will be involved in the presentation through questions, participation,
discussion, etc.
Please email brief (2 page max) proposals in plain text,
word documents, or PDF attachments to Jeffrey Bostick, Katy Monnot, and Patrick
Armstrong at programming@risingtidenola.com.
PROPOSALS WILL BE
ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY 31, 2013. Acceptance notifications will follow within
two weeks.
CONFERENCE BACKGROUND
While hosting the event at the Xavier University Center,
attendance has averaged more than 300 attendees, media, and volunteer staff
annually. The conference content has been live streamed on the web with over
1000 unique viewers during each event, with archives on our website. For
this conference, organizers are hoping to coordinate programming for three
separate spaces: a large stage-oriented venue with seating for up to 200; a
medium venue with seating for between 30 – 40; and a seminar or group
discussion venue for seating around 20. Program length can run from a minimum
of 30 minutes for presentations or directed conversations in the smaller
venues, to hour and a half panel discussion for the stage-oriented space.
Previous conferences featured keynotes by acclaimed local
writer Lolis Eric Elie and Tulane University professor of history Lawrence Powell, as well as panel discussions on the status and future of local
journalism, changes to
the education system, environmental impacts of the oil spill, development of cultural
economy, parenting, entrepreneurship, and
neighborhood activism. Past
speakers have included Treme and The Wire creator David Simon, geographer
Richard Campanella, journalist Mac McClelland, entertainer Harry Shearer, and
authors David Zirin, John Barry, Christopher Cooper, and Robert Block. The full 2012 conference schedule and list of panelists can be
viewed on the Rising Tide website, as well as a list of participating vendors
and non-profit organizations.
Conference registration information and publicity will be
available online at www.risingtidenola.com.
There will be discounted student admission, lunch is included in the price of admission, and vegetarian options
will be available. More information is available at the Rising Tide website: www.risingtidenola.com; at the Rising
Tide blog: www.risingtideblog.blogspot.com;
on the Rising Tide Facebook
page; and the organization can be followed on Twitter @RisingTide.
Rising Tide 8 is sponsored by The
Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University.
Rising 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.
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3.02.2013
Rising Tide 7.5 - Moira Crone and "The Not Yet"
Technical issues prevented me from liveblogging Moira Crone's discussion and reading of her New Orleans based science fiction novel "The Not Yet," but I was glad I got to focus on the presentation without the distractions of typing in the highlights.
This wasn't just a discussion of her book. Though those in attendance got to dig deep into this fascinating and poignant work, the whole of the presentation served as an examination of New Orleans' place in the popular culture of America as a city existing in the three feminine characterizations of muse, nurturer, and prophet, in the three tenses of the past, present, and future.
Just like the book, I'll be thinking about conversation for a long, long time.
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This wasn't just a discussion of her book. Though those in attendance got to dig deep into this fascinating and poignant work, the whole of the presentation served as an examination of New Orleans' place in the popular culture of America as a city existing in the three feminine characterizations of muse, nurturer, and prophet, in the three tenses of the past, present, and future.
Just like the book, I'll be thinking about conversation for a long, long time.
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Live Blogging RT7.5 - Young Audiences
Young Audiences has been established for around 50 years to help bring arts into classrooms and schools in New Orleans. Started running after school programs after Katrina. Employ 280 artists in all disciplines, doing work in Jefferson, Orleans, and St Bernard Parish.
In some schools, teaching artist is the one of the most constant individuals at school over several years, with so much teacher and administrator turnover.
Funded by the state for after school programs. Out of 75 organizations that hold the grant, Young Audiences is one of the "exemplary" ones, and is one of the only organizations focusing on the arts.
Interesting relationships with school reform going on. Educational philosophy touted as success locally isn't the same as what most individuals consider scholastic achievement. YA addresses skill development for foundational education types. Uses arts as a vehicle to help develop critical thinking, problem solving, curiosity, and study practices that help students in music and academically.
YA has been granted a charter in Jefferson Parish to scale up educational model. Charter model allows school to hire artist professionals to teach in the school. Will make educational planning between teaching artists and academic educators. Will be a full academic program.
Will there be a focus on teaching creationism as science? No. Same laws that allow some charters in Louisiana to teach creationism allow YA to designate science - centric curriculum for science classes.
State budget funding has affected YA, as a grant receiving organization. Has had to work harder to find external sources of funding to make up shortfalls and provide same level of service to students in after school programs. Have diligently worked to build a cash reserve so teaching artists are not affected by funding changes.
Is school being chartered by Jefferson Parish as a type 1 school, authorized by school district. Only recruiting in Jefferson Parish. Won't be official until March 5, because contract has not been signed.
Special education services? Legal requirements, but also intending to spirit of the law. Will open up to every student, total transportation, planning and budgeted for full commitment for every child attending. Start up funds come from the state. YA has committed funding. Has applied for grant funding for external services.
Board has been convened. Board members and YA board members will not be the same.
Have experienced significant success with at risk students who participate in arts in after school programs. Those students are able to participate more fully in academic settings in the classroom because the artistic expressions are involved.
Will not be shutting down any YA programs to focus on the charter school. These are separate entities. Hoping charter will be able to strengthen case for bringing arts into schools. Unique thing.
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In some schools, teaching artist is the one of the most constant individuals at school over several years, with so much teacher and administrator turnover.
Funded by the state for after school programs. Out of 75 organizations that hold the grant, Young Audiences is one of the "exemplary" ones, and is one of the only organizations focusing on the arts.
Interesting relationships with school reform going on. Educational philosophy touted as success locally isn't the same as what most individuals consider scholastic achievement. YA addresses skill development for foundational education types. Uses arts as a vehicle to help develop critical thinking, problem solving, curiosity, and study practices that help students in music and academically.
YA has been granted a charter in Jefferson Parish to scale up educational model. Charter model allows school to hire artist professionals to teach in the school. Will make educational planning between teaching artists and academic educators. Will be a full academic program.
Will there be a focus on teaching creationism as science? No. Same laws that allow some charters in Louisiana to teach creationism allow YA to designate science - centric curriculum for science classes.
State budget funding has affected YA, as a grant receiving organization. Has had to work harder to find external sources of funding to make up shortfalls and provide same level of service to students in after school programs. Have diligently worked to build a cash reserve so teaching artists are not affected by funding changes.
Is school being chartered by Jefferson Parish as a type 1 school, authorized by school district. Only recruiting in Jefferson Parish. Won't be official until March 5, because contract has not been signed.
Special education services? Legal requirements, but also intending to spirit of the law. Will open up to every student, total transportation, planning and budgeted for full commitment for every child attending. Start up funds come from the state. YA has committed funding. Has applied for grant funding for external services.
Board has been convened. Board members and YA board members will not be the same.
Have experienced significant success with at risk students who participate in arts in after school programs. Those students are able to participate more fully in academic settings in the classroom because the artistic expressions are involved.
Will not be shutting down any YA programs to focus on the charter school. These are separate entities. Hoping charter will be able to strengthen case for bringing arts into schools. Unique thing.
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Live Blogging 7.5 - Musician's Clinic
Bethany Bultman with New Orleans' Musician's Clinic
Where do you get your healthcare? That is the key point. While NOLA was the birthplace of American music, it is usually a place where musicians go to an early grave because of lack of healthcare services.
Thanks to Phish, the keyboard player's father was a doctor, Dr. Jack McConnell, was brought to the stage at Jazzfest one year, and was inspired to help found a clinic. Met Sybil Morial, sister to the mayor of New Orleans. Met chancellor of LSU, Daughters of Charity, and Jazz and Heritage Foundation.
Before Katrina, clinic was underwhelmed. Usually seeing musicians who never received healthcare over the whole course of their lives. Clinic was lost after Katrina.
Clinic was reestablished, now sees 2700 patients, and is expecting Federal designation as a live in clinic in the coming year.
What is going on in healthcare in Louisiana is absolutely worse than any 3rd world country. Don't hear anything about it because the governor is very secretive, has replaced everyone on board of governors of LSU, not one department head at LSU medical center can speak out because they all work for the state. Bultman can speak out because she isn't worried about credentials or career, she's not a doctor.
Part of what Musician's Clinic does is help people look at their lifestyles and what damage that could do to health. Another part is helping individuals navigate byzantine health care system in Louisiana.
New billion dollar public LSU hospital is currently being privatized. Currently, Medicare can help pay for treatment, but with governor not participating in Obamacare, clinic may not be able to keep patients on their rolls due to the state not taking advantage of the Federal funding. Clinic is "gathering nuts for the winter" because they do not know what they are going to be able to do. Will not be losing staff, and will still do what can be done to treat patients, but so many public clinics that New Orleans depends on may not be able to continue operating.
Looking to partner with Daughters of Charity to create Musician's Clinic "Jr" to provide more assistance, so they can treat minors.
Youth Orchestra families participate in Musicians Clinic and are able to take advantage of the wealth of services available. Looking forward to Clinic being able to provide service for minors.
If you have friends who are eligible: audio engineers, writers, actors, if they would like to be patient, tell them it is now or never.
Rising Tide Nola Katrina NOLA New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Think New Orleans Louisiana FEMA levees flooding Corps of Engineers We Are Not OK wetlands news rebirth Debrisville Federal Flood 8-29
Where do you get your healthcare? That is the key point. While NOLA was the birthplace of American music, it is usually a place where musicians go to an early grave because of lack of healthcare services.
Thanks to Phish, the keyboard player's father was a doctor, Dr. Jack McConnell, was brought to the stage at Jazzfest one year, and was inspired to help found a clinic. Met Sybil Morial, sister to the mayor of New Orleans. Met chancellor of LSU, Daughters of Charity, and Jazz and Heritage Foundation.
Before Katrina, clinic was underwhelmed. Usually seeing musicians who never received healthcare over the whole course of their lives. Clinic was lost after Katrina.
Clinic was reestablished, now sees 2700 patients, and is expecting Federal designation as a live in clinic in the coming year.
What is going on in healthcare in Louisiana is absolutely worse than any 3rd world country. Don't hear anything about it because the governor is very secretive, has replaced everyone on board of governors of LSU, not one department head at LSU medical center can speak out because they all work for the state. Bultman can speak out because she isn't worried about credentials or career, she's not a doctor.
Part of what Musician's Clinic does is help people look at their lifestyles and what damage that could do to health. Another part is helping individuals navigate byzantine health care system in Louisiana.
New billion dollar public LSU hospital is currently being privatized. Currently, Medicare can help pay for treatment, but with governor not participating in Obamacare, clinic may not be able to keep patients on their rolls due to the state not taking advantage of the Federal funding. Clinic is "gathering nuts for the winter" because they do not know what they are going to be able to do. Will not be losing staff, and will still do what can be done to treat patients, but so many public clinics that New Orleans depends on may not be able to continue operating.
Looking to partner with Daughters of Charity to create Musician's Clinic "Jr" to provide more assistance, so they can treat minors.
Youth Orchestra families participate in Musicians Clinic and are able to take advantage of the wealth of services available. Looking forward to Clinic being able to provide service for minors.
If you have friends who are eligible: audio engineers, writers, actors, if they would like to be patient, tell them it is now or never.
Rising Tide Nola Katrina NOLA New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Think New Orleans Louisiana FEMA levees flooding Corps of Engineers We Are Not OK wetlands news rebirth Debrisville Federal Flood 8-29
Live Blogging RT7.5
Good morning, we're getting started here in room 252 of the Healing Center.
Laura Patterson presenting for the Youth Orchestra of the Lower 9th Ward.
Started in the Lower 9th, but grew beyond the capacity of the community center. Because so many students came from Arise Academy, they relocated to the school.
Work with primarily K - 8 students, with a special interest in local music. Focus is on string instruments, because those were the instruments they had available initially. In addition to traditional music instruction, this includes techniques on improvisation, which is a vital part of local music.
Modeled after the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Program, and are partnered with the Harmony Program.
Goal is to help students through high school and into college if that is their chosen routes.
Assessment of student achievement indicates participation in the orchestra helps students with grades.
Number of performances on the books, and have several upcoming. Including Spring gala at Cafe Istanbul on April 21 from 6 - 8. Community members interested in supporting the program are encouraged to attend.
Little bit of press coverage: "Miracle on St. Claude" article in the Times-Picayune on Christmas Day.
Have a Twitter (YouthOrchL9thW) Feed and Facebook account, trying to build social media community to help spread the word about involvement and recruiting volunteers. Web and graphic design support appreciated.
March 21 Cocktails for a Cause at the Rusty Nail - fundraiser. 5-8pm
Fatima - youth mentor. Tulane student, participant in Harmony Project. Helps mentors with Youth Orchestra , playing violin since 9 years old. Being a part of the Harmony Project helped her become more disciplined due to practice scheduling, and socially through participation with ensemble groups. Developed lifelong friends who shared dedications. Even though she isn't majoring in music, it is something she is passionate about, and development of artistic side helps students become well rounded.
Wrap up: project is completely free of charge. Started with 9 students, now at 42.
Looking for volunteer academic tutors, volunteer staffers for March and April fundraisers, volunteers to help develop social media presence.
Not a classical music organization. Focus is on regional music, regardless of musical instruments used.
Rising Tide Nola Katrina NOLA New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Think New Orleans Louisiana FEMA levees flooding Corps of Engineers We Are Not OK wetlands news rebirth Debrisville Federal Flood 8-29
Laura Patterson presenting for the Youth Orchestra of the Lower 9th Ward.
Started in the Lower 9th, but grew beyond the capacity of the community center. Because so many students came from Arise Academy, they relocated to the school.
Work with primarily K - 8 students, with a special interest in local music. Focus is on string instruments, because those were the instruments they had available initially. In addition to traditional music instruction, this includes techniques on improvisation, which is a vital part of local music.
Modeled after the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Program, and are partnered with the Harmony Program.
Goal is to help students through high school and into college if that is their chosen routes.
Assessment of student achievement indicates participation in the orchestra helps students with grades.
Number of performances on the books, and have several upcoming. Including Spring gala at Cafe Istanbul on April 21 from 6 - 8. Community members interested in supporting the program are encouraged to attend.
Little bit of press coverage: "Miracle on St. Claude" article in the Times-Picayune on Christmas Day.
Have a Twitter (YouthOrchL9thW) Feed and Facebook account, trying to build social media community to help spread the word about involvement and recruiting volunteers. Web and graphic design support appreciated.
March 21 Cocktails for a Cause at the Rusty Nail - fundraiser. 5-8pm
Fatima - youth mentor. Tulane student, participant in Harmony Project. Helps mentors with Youth Orchestra , playing violin since 9 years old. Being a part of the Harmony Project helped her become more disciplined due to practice scheduling, and socially through participation with ensemble groups. Developed lifelong friends who shared dedications. Even though she isn't majoring in music, it is something she is passionate about, and development of artistic side helps students become well rounded.
Wrap up: project is completely free of charge. Started with 9 students, now at 42.
Looking for volunteer academic tutors, volunteer staffers for March and April fundraisers, volunteers to help develop social media presence.
Not a classical music organization. Focus is on regional music, regardless of musical instruments used.
Rising Tide Nola Katrina NOLA New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Think New Orleans Louisiana FEMA levees flooding Corps of Engineers We Are Not OK wetlands news rebirth Debrisville Federal Flood 8-29
2.23.2013
Rising Tide 7.5: The Creative Future of New Orleans
Next Saturday, the Rising Tide Conference will be hosting its first-ever Spring event, The Creative Future of New Orleans. The event will be held at Street University, which is inside The Healing Center on St Claude Avenue.
The fun will kick off at ten o’clock with presentations from local groups that support the arts. Groups will provide attendees with an overview of their organization then some more information on how those who are interested can get involved. Groups scheduled to present are Youth Orchestra of the Lower Ninth Ward, The Musician’s Clinic, Young Audiences, and the Monumental Task Committee. Attendees will then be given a break and a chance to patronize businesses within the healing center.
At noon programming will resume with a presentation by Moira Crone, author of The Not Yet, a post-apocalyptic novel set in the year 2121 on the Isles of Orleans. Part Fantasy, part social commentary, Ms. Crone’s novel will sure to provide plenty of interesting topic of conversation. She’ll talk about the book itself and also about the real world issues that inspired her.
This event is free and open to the public and we encourage anyone interested in the future of New Orleans’ creative art scene come by to learn more about how they can help protect and foster it.
The fun will kick off at ten o’clock with presentations from local groups that support the arts. Groups will provide attendees with an overview of their organization then some more information on how those who are interested can get involved. Groups scheduled to present are Youth Orchestra of the Lower Ninth Ward, The Musician’s Clinic, Young Audiences, and the Monumental Task Committee. Attendees will then be given a break and a chance to patronize businesses within the healing center.
At noon programming will resume with a presentation by Moira Crone, author of The Not Yet, a post-apocalyptic novel set in the year 2121 on the Isles of Orleans. Part Fantasy, part social commentary, Ms. Crone’s novel will sure to provide plenty of interesting topic of conversation. She’ll talk about the book itself and also about the real world issues that inspired her.
This event is free and open to the public and we encourage anyone interested in the future of New Orleans’ creative art scene come by to learn more about how they can help protect and foster it.
9.22.2012
Rising Tide 7 is on the air
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8.22.2012
Panel Discussion: Black and White and Red All Over
Panel Discussion: Black and White and Red All Over - The Digital Future of the New Orleans Media Market. This panel and more will be presented on two stages at the Rising Tide 7 Conference on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.
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Panel Discussion: The Education Experiment - Petri Dish Reform in New Orleans and Louisiana
This panel and more will be presented on two stages at the Rising Tide 7 Conference on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.
Panel Discussion: The Education Experiment - Petri Dish Reform in New Orleans and Louisiana Education in New Orleans has undoubtedly become synonymous with innovation. The question remains whether it will also be associated with progress. Moderator: Jessica Williams thelensnola.org
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8.09.2012
Keynote: Lolis Eric Elie
Rising Tide is pleased to have New Orleans based writer and filmmaker Lolis Eric Elie as a keyote speaker at Rising Tide 7. Lolis is ubiquitous. Whether you know his work from the HBO series Treme or his thrice weekly column ('95-'09) or in the soon to be thrice-weekly Times-Picayune, if you're from New Orleans you know his work. A recognized expert on New Orleans food and culture his writing has appeared in The Oxford American, Gourmet, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Downbeat and The San Francisco Chronicle among other publications. A former commentator for CBS News Sunday Morning, he has also appeared often on National Public Radio programs.
This panel and more will be presented on two stages at the Rising Tide 7 Conference on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.
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RT7 Keynote: Lawrence Powell
To know where you are going, you need to know where you are from. Continuing in Rising Tide's tradition of relevent and pertinent historical speakers, we are pleased to announce New Orleans writer, editor and academic Lawrence Powell as a keynote speaker at Rising Tide 7. Known to be an engaging and entertaining speaker, Powell recently wrote "The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans," a novel on the interesting and temultuous beginings of New Orleans from its imperiled first settlements to the eventual statehood of Louisiana.
This speaker and more will be presented on two stages at the Rising Tide 7 Conference on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.
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7.31.2012
Three New Panels...
Three Rising Tide 7 panels have just been announced! These panels and more will be presented on two stages at the conference Sept. 22, 2012. Register now at EventBrite.
Panel Discussion: Mardi Gras Moms and Who Dat Dads: A Discussion on Parenting in New Orleans
The parenting panel at the Rising Tide Conference will discuss issues unique to raising children in the City of New Orleans. Topics will include parental concerns like crime, education, and hurricanes, but will also include hopes for the future of our culture, and what it means to raise the next generation of New Orleanians.
Panel Discussion: Community or Commodity?
We've all heard it said that "tourism is the lifeblood of the New Orleans economy." The city is a frequent host to major conventions and high-profile special events and boasts a burgeoning film industry subsidized by a generous state tax credit.
But as the city's economy becomes more and more dependent on the selling of its culture and entertainments, does the commodification of those elements also stifle them? As we focus more and more on selling "what makes New Orleans New Orleans" to visitors, at what point does the culture produced and revered by the city's residents cease to belong to them anymore?
At times it feels like our most beloved public spaces are always up for sale. Jackson Square becomes the site of a private corporate party, the Superdome gets a hood ornament, the city streets are frequently appropriated by film crews, the sidewalks become guerrilla advertising vectors. Residents can be forgiven for wondering whether just going about the business of living their daily lives they might be interfering with the set of a commercial... or maybe an HBO drama. Even the Mayor, at times, doesn't make distinguishing what's real from what's fake any easier.
Panel Discussion: Mardi Gras Moms and Who Dat Dads: A Discussion on Parenting in New Orleans
The parenting panel at the Rising Tide Conference will discuss issues unique to raising children in the City of New Orleans. Topics will include parental concerns like crime, education, and hurricanes, but will also include hopes for the future of our culture, and what it means to raise the next generation of New Orleanians.
- Keith Spera - writer of the Times-Picayune’s parenting column “The Paternity Test.” Twitter
- Ashley Bond - founder of local online magazine and resource guide NolaParent. Facebook, Twitter
- Andrea Dewenter - local parenting and immersion education blogger at Pistolette.net and NolaFrancaise.com. Facebook, Twitter
Panel Discussion: Community or Commodity?
We've all heard it said that "tourism is the lifeblood of the New Orleans economy." The city is a frequent host to major conventions and high-profile special events and boasts a burgeoning film industry subsidized by a generous state tax credit.
But as the city's economy becomes more and more dependent on the selling of its culture and entertainments, does the commodification of those elements also stifle them? As we focus more and more on selling "what makes New Orleans New Orleans" to visitors, at what point does the culture produced and revered by the city's residents cease to belong to them anymore?
At times it feels like our most beloved public spaces are always up for sale. Jackson Square becomes the site of a private corporate party, the Superdome gets a hood ornament, the city streets are frequently appropriated by film crews, the sidewalks become guerrilla advertising vectors. Residents can be forgiven for wondering whether just going about the business of living their daily lives they might be interfering with the set of a commercial... or maybe an HBO drama. Even the Mayor, at times, doesn't make distinguishing what's real from what's fake any easier.
What, then, are the real costs and benefits of the "cultural economy" in New Orleans?
Moderator: Kalen Wright - Neighborhood activist, writer, frequent contributor to NOLAFemmes.com - Deborah Cotton - Freelance Writer, Videographer Notes From New Orleans, Big Red Cotton's You Tube Channel, contributor atGambit's Blog of New Orleans
- Meg Lousteau - Executive Director Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents, and Associates Inc. VCPORA.org
- Brian Boyles - Creative Director The People Say Project http://www.thepeoplesayproject.org/
- Alex Rawls - Freelance Writer, MySpiltMilk.com, Offbeat
- Mari Kornhauser - Independent filmmaker, French Quarter resident, advocate for abused pit-bulls. She also is an associate professor teaching screenwriting in the LSU creative writing program and has written for Treme since season two.
Panel Discussion: Take This Job and Love It: Owning Your Own Business in NOLA
The entrepreneurs panel at Rising Tide will feature a frank discussion about what it takes to run a business in the Crescent City. Topics will include finding a space for your business, navigating city hall, and alternative spaces for doing business (craft fairs and the like).
The entrepreneurs panel at Rising Tide will feature a frank discussion about what it takes to run a business in the Crescent City. Topics will include finding a space for your business, navigating city hall, and alternative spaces for doing business (craft fairs and the like).
- Chris Trew - The New Movement Theater, Twitter
- Rhonda Findley - Pop City, Facebook
- Jeremy Miller - Shultzilla, Twitter
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