Green Up New Orleans
November 13, 2010 Dillard University Green For All is teaming up with the City of New Orleans, the Gulf Coast Fellowship for Community Transformation, Louisiana Green Corps, the Gulf Coast Fund, The Good Work Network, BLUES to GREEN, Limitless Vistas, Madison Media Group, Sierra Club – Delta Chapter and Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing to create Green UP New Orleans, a celebration of New Orleans culture and local green innovation. The celebration will feature a concert with national and local artists, and an educational forum highlighting local programs and community heroes that are building innovative, green economic solutions in the region. Listen to a message from Charmaine Neville, one of the many exciting performers at Green UP New Orleans: RSVP for the EventVolunteers needed! Free dinner voucher provided for volunteers. Watch the concert LIVE » Schedule
Open Mic Host Workshop Program: November 13, 20102:30Organizing Ecological Transformation in the Gulf Coast: Session 1The Triple Win Solution: Energy Efficiency & Weatherization - How to save money, create jobs and stop cooking the planetRole of Culture and Arts to Build A Green Economy: Hip Hop and the Green Jobs MovementNew Opportunities in the Green Economy: Water, Renewables and Waste4:30Organizing Ecological Transformation in the Gulf Coast: Session 2Solar Doesn't Spill: Louisiana's Pot of GoldThe Green Show: An Interactive Green Trivia Game ShowLocal Food, Resilient CommunitiesDinner6 - 7 pm
Complimentary dinner vouchers for volunteers – space limited! RSVP for the event, then email: alli@greenforall.org to volunteer. Sunni Patterson is more than a poet, more than a singer, more than an emcee&emdash;it's not just what she says, it's how she says it. Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, artist and visionary Sunni Patterson combines the heritage and tradition of her native town with an enlightened modern worldview to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. Queen Mother Nana Anoa, Ph.D. is an artist, educator, environmentalist and urban gardener who serves her global community through song embodying truth, love, and compassion. She is an organizer committed to spiritual, physical and economic empowerment, and though her social enterprise, Wholely Living/Simply Living Inc., works with African American women to promote personal well-being in the living of our lives. Concert7 - 10 pmKabakoff Plaza/Kearny Terrace, Dillard UniversityEmcees: Julian Mocine-McQueen, Green For All & Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley, New Orleans Slam Champion Remarks by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO Green For All Performances by: Press ReleaseDocument Actions |
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