Toward a Just New Orleans
NEW! “Toward a Just New Orleans”
Last week marked a decade since Hurricane Katrina and failed levees forever altered the lives and landscape of the Gulf South. Facing this monumental anniversary, New Orleans weathered a different kind of maelstrom as camera crews and resiliency experts flocked to the city to commemorate, debate, and sometimes pontificate about lessons learned and strategies for moving forward in the next ten years.
Land of Opportunity has itself been in existence for close to a decade, as an ongoing effort to make sense of what happened – and all that has happened since. We've written previously about the showmanship of "anniversary moments," and the iterative importance of continuing to tell stories of recovery. The question now is, and will continue to be, "How can the next one be different?
In this spirt we’re excited to release the interactive version of "Toward a Just New Orleans," a short documentary produced in collaboration with the Ford Foundation that features the voices of community advocates, residents and non-profit leaders addressing the challenges and opportunities New Orleans faces ten years later. This rich media version features additional footage, data and research – and allows users to make connections between New Orleans and other communities. View “Toward a Just New Orleans” here.
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Land of Opportunity to Participate in the 2012 BAVC Producers Institute: Stories With Impact
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November 14, 2011
Affordable Housing
GNOFHAC files suit against landlord over discrimination against Latino renters.
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B.W. Cooper residents organize successfully for jobs in the rebuilding of their neighborhood
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Footage from Land of Opportunity to be used in opening credits of Treme: Season 2
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February 25, 2011
Affordable Housing
HANO Chairman David Gilmore pledges to hire locally for latest public housing construction.
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February 07, 2011
Disaster Recovery
2010 census reveals shifting population and demographics in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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November 17, 2010
Immigration
Judge orders release of Orleans Parish inmate who was jailed for too long
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Land Of Opportunity Sneak Peek with "Housing is a Human Right" at the Brecht Forum in NYC
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August 23, 2010
Urban Planning
Land of Opportunity to be featured at Maysles Institute in Harlem!
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RT @ludant: @LandofOpp is proud to be part of a powerful collection of @newdayfilms that spotlight the courage, tenacity and vital cult… 159 days ago
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American Dream: First we colonize your land, then we strip you of autonomy while granting you second-class “citizen… https://t.co/d7NPNXKJVm 407 days ago
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RT @VoxMaldonado: Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 62. Actual Deaths May Be 1,052. - The New York Times https://t.co/WTIb9d9Rkl 407 days ago
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RT @P4WF: How much did your town spend on its shot at being @amazon's second headquarters? https://t.co/VPk5ZfilSN #12DaysOfRawDeals #ourhq… 417 days ago