Growing Leaders for a Healthy Gulf
Highlights from our Spring 2025 Fellowship Program and looking forward to our Fall 2025 Fellows.
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Braised by Water: Building a Just Future for New Orleans East
Storms and Stillness I am sitting on the shoreline looking out across the wide-open waters of Lake Pontchartrain, eyes locked on thunderstorm clouds traveling the horizon along the North Shore. It’s a relief—New Orleans was spared the worst of a tropical storm that had thrown the city into preparation mode. Just days before, I saw
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Rising Energy Costs and Uncertainty: The Impact of a Utility Sale to Private Equity on New Orleans Residents
New Orleans is on the verge of a significant utility shake-up, as the city considers the sale of Entergy’s natural gas distribution system to Delta State Utilities (DSU), a private equity firm with no prior experience serving customers.
Normalize Community Building – Not Disasters
I kept saying to myself the pumps can’t be working. I live not far from a drainage canal and I saw it overflowing. I felt betrayed once again, having little faith in the drainage system. This is not normal. It has failed us too many times in the past. Knowing this, I also knew no one was coming to help us but us.
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