[CPEO-BIF] ACORN web cast on New Orleans

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

> "ACORN News" <news@acorn.org>
> 
> 
> Take Part in Community Forum on Rebuilding New Orleans via Webcast
> 
> The ACORN Community Forum on Rebuilding New Orleans in Baton Rouge,
> Louisiana on November 7th and 8th, will bring together the displaced
> residents of New Orleans, and leading urban planners and architects from
> around the country. Co-sponsors for the event include the Cornell City and
> Regional Planning Department, the School of Architecture at Pratt
> University, the College of Art and Design at Louisiana State University, and
> numerous elected officials.
> 
> The event will begin with a tour of New Orleans neighborhoods. The rest of
> the two-day conference will be webcast for Katrina survivors, ACORN members,
> activists, and educational institutions across the country from 6pm to 9pm
> Monday, and 9am to 6pm Tuesday. Participants from outside of Baton Rouge,
> who will be viewing the dialogue via webcast, will be able to communicate
> via email to the forum attendees.
> 
> The opening plenary, on Monday from 6pm-9pm, will feature leaders from the
> ACORN Katrina Survivors Association, urban planning experts, and elected
> officials discussing their neighborhoods and their hopes for a rebuilding
> that lifts up all communities.
> 
> On Tuesday, starting at 9:00 am, the forum will hold detailed discussions
> that will focus on four New Orleans neighborhoods -- the Ninth Ward, New
> Orleans East, Gentilly, and Uptown. Maps of all the neighborhoods will allow
> residents to see how much water flooded their homes.
> 
> To sponsor a webcast of this event, one only needs:
> 
>     * a desktop computer or laptop with at least Windows 2000;
>     * DSL or broadband connection (no dial-up);
>     * a video projector and cables (to hook up to computer or laptop);
>     * a 6 to 9 ft screen (25 to 40 people - 6ft screen; 50-100 people 9 ft. screen);
>     * a sound system (for larger groups);
>     * and Windows Media Player (standard on all Windows computers).
> 
> For more information about the webcast, please contact Jeff Karlson at
> acorn@acorn.org or by phone at 225-925-5558 or contact your local ACORN
> office. Press inquiries are welcome; please contact acorncomm@acorn.org for
> more information.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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