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August 9, 2012
"We Shall Not Be Moved" Spotlights New Orleans' Rebuilding Efforts
News
By Tom Wooten, Former Research Fellow, Broadmoor Project: New Orleans
We Shall Not Be Moved, released in August 2012, is an account of how five New Orleans neighborhoods rebuilt in the years following Hurricane Katrina. Focusing on recovery efforts in the hard-hit neighborhoods of Broadmoor, Hollygrove, Lakeview, the Lower Ninth Ward, and Village de l'Est, author Tom Wooten, a research fellow with the Belfer Center's Broadmoor Project, tells the story of this rebirth through the eyes, voices, and experiences of residents who refused to give up in the wake of one of the country’s worst disasters.
Scott Saltzman
Winter 2010-11
"A Katrina 5th Anniversary Success Story: Broadmoor"
Newsletter Article, 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.
Winter 2010-11
Belfer Center Newsletter Winter 2010-11
Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Winter 2010/11 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming activities, research, and analysis by members of the Center community on critical global issues. This issue highlights a major Belfer Center conference on technology and governance, the Center's involvement in the nuclear threat documentary Countdown to Zero, and a celebration of Belfer Center founder Paul Doty.
COURTESY OF REBECCA HUMMEL
Spring 2010
"Broadmoor Success in New Orleans Offers Lessons for Afghanistan"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Former Communications Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"When the Belfer Center's Broadmoor Project launched in October 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans' Broadmoor neighborhood, it was difficult to imagine how much progress would be possible. But the project's partnership between Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students and the Broadmoor community has delivered impressive results and invaluable lessons to the neighborhood and beyond."
Pat Semansky
March 2009
Case Study of Broadmoor's Community Based Recovery
Media Feature
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.
September 24, 2008
New Orleans still needs help
News
By Beth Maclin, Former Communications Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
New Orleans could be wiped out tomorrow if another storm hit it, according to former Times-Picayune metro editor Jed Horne.
RichardMasoner
July 14, 2008
A Tax Credit for Volunteerism
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The Louisiana Weekly
Hurricane Katrina devastated our region in 2005. With the help of volunteers, we have been rebuilding. If oil prices rise high enough to make travel unaffordable for volunteers, our resurrection will falter.
June 26, 2008
With Private Dollars at Stake, Delays Hurt
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The Times-Picayune
In a public hearing last week, the New Orleans City Council tangled with the Office of Recovery and Development and Administration over a state tax credit program to promote cultural activities. Some council members felt their districts were being ignored. The mood turned contentious. As a result of this debate, approval of funding for the city's 17-zone recovery plan was put off -- at Dr. Ed Blakely's request -- for at least another week.
April 4, 2008
Continued Leadership Development in New Orleans
Press Release
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."
March 2008
Broadmoor Project Announces 2008 Summer Internships
Announcement
The HKS-Broadmoor Project for Community Engagement in New Orleans is pleased to announce 3 paid summer internships in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans.
