Continued Leadership Development in New Orleans
The Broadmoor Project partners with the HKS Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative to bring "Building Effective Partnerships: Increasing community-level resources and impact through cross-sector alliances."
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Broadmoor, New Orleans
Friday, January 25, 2013
After Katrina, residents rolled up sleeves
Tom Wooten ’08, author of "We Shall Not Be Moved: Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina," discussed his book during a Wintersession lecture in Sever Hall.
Scott Saltzman
Winter 2010-11
"A Katrina 5th Anniversary Success Story: Broadmoor"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, one stand-out recovery success story is the neighborhood of Broadmoor and its unique collaboration with Harvard Kennedy School through the Belfer Center's Broadmoor Project.
Pat Semansky
March 2009
Case Study of Broadmoor's Community Based Recovery
The Broadmoor Project at the Belfer Center sponsored the development of a three-part teaching case on the recovery planning effort of the Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans. Taken together, the cases provide a snapshot of a disaster-stricken community organizing itself and building the capacity to engineer and manage its own recovery.
Pat Semansky
Summer 2008
"New Orleans' Broadmoor is Model for Disaster Recovery"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Traci Farrell, Former Communications Assistant
Belfer Center Broadmoor Project has developed a strategy in which to effectively deal with natural disaster recovery. Developed while working with the New Orleans neighborhood, Broadmoor, the recently published Broadmoor community recovery guide has been used in other U.S. cities to help communities recover post-disaster.
Pat Semansky
October 29, 2007
Kennedy School Launches Forum Series in New Orleans
Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government is launching a series of Neighborhood Leadership Forums this week in New Orleans to support leaders in recovering neighborhoods.
September 6, 2007
The Greatest Education Lab
Time
Aspen Institute President and Broadmoor native, Walter Isaacson, praises the private organizations that have funded alternative education opportunities for New Orleans communities. Isaacson writes that the Broadmoor Improvement Association leadership, with support from these organizations, is achieving what the government has not.
June 19, 2007
Community Identifies Rosa F. Keller Library as Priority Project
Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today a $2 million grant to the Broadmoor Improvement Association for the reconstruction, restocking and refurnishing of the Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, a building that serves as the historic Broadmoor neighborhood’s social and cultural hub. The reconstructed building, located in the heart of the historic Broadmoor neighborhood, will house a state-of-the-art library and a vibrant community center. The Keller Library was destroyed both as a physical structure and as a library repository during hurricane Katrina.
Film & Discussion
Katrina: Flood of Tears
News anchor Karen Swenson discusses her documentary "Katrina: Flood of Tears" at the Kennedy School Forum. Swenson won a Peabody Award for her coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Fall 2006
Community Mapping Project
In June and July of 2006 the Broadmoor community took on a mapping and surveying project. Bard College compiled information collected by Harvard University and Bard College students with the help from PlanReady, Inc. This is a step-by-step guidebook on community-wide surveying and mapping projects for other neighborhood associations and CDCs.
