COMMUNITY CONGRESS II
Your Voice is Your Most Powerful Tool
A COMMUNITY-WIDE CONVERSATION
Thousands of New Orleanians—at home and displaced—will come together on Saturday, December 2nd, to decide the most important things we need to invest in to rebuild our city at the Unified New Orleans Plan’s second Community Congress.
Daylong public meetings in Baton Rouge, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta will connect people who have been able to return with people that are still displaced for a true city-wide discussion. Citizens will participate in intimate small-group, facilitated discussions. The meetings, organized by AmericaSpeaks, will include the latest technology that will help identify citywide priorities and ensure that all ideas are recorded and heard. Each participant will have a polling keypad to cast their votes throughout the day and every table will use a computer to submit their ideas.
Every effort will be made to ensure that the diversity of New Orleans is there—black and white, homeowners and renters, those just starting neighborhood planning and those further along. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Transportation, childcare and translation will also be made available
A UNIFIED PLAN FOR NEW ORLEANS
The recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans depends on a unified plan for our city.
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•We need to combine recovery plans for all neighborhoods into one citywide recovery plan
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•We need to ensure that the voices of dispersed citizens are brought to the table to identify the recovery projects they need in order to come home
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•We need to complete a citywide plan so that additional recovery dollars can be spent more strategically to rebuild our city
The unified plan will be completed by January and will be submitted to the Mayor, the City Council, and the City Planning Commission. Once approved by City officials, the plan will be provided to the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
The Unified New Orleans Plan process was established by the Mayor, the City Council, and the City Planning Commission. It is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
For more information about the
Unified New Orleans Plan,
call toll-free to 877-527-3284 or go to
to register online.
(Photos by Dirk Velten taken at April 2006