Friends of New Orleans http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/ en Copyright 2009 Sat, 05 Sep 2020 17:09:12 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss We are looking for a million friends to declare their support for New Orleans and surrounding parishes.

Friends of New Orleans is a private, non-profit, non-partisan, membership organization for people in the U.S. and abroad who care about the region. Our mission is to advocate for New Orleans and its surrounding parishes, inform people of those key issues that are shaping the national debate and decision making of the rebuilding effort, link individuals who want to help with the communities in the devastated areas and motivate people to take part in the rebuilding effort.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2020/09/post_61.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2020/09/post_61.php Front Sat, 05 Sep 2020 17:09:12 -0600 "Why New Orleans Needs Saving", Time, March 6, 2006, by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2010/05/post_19.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2010/05/post_19.php Articles Sat, 15 May 2010 14:07:42 -0600 FONO Four Year Report Since Katrina hit the coast of Louisiana and the levees broke, Friends of New Orleans has helped the city and its surrounding parishes by:

1. Advocating for the Region and Informing Policymakers

Every year FONO hosts educational briefings and panel discussions for policymakers, congressional staff and decision makers, to discuss the progress made by New Orleans and surrounding parishes, post-Katrina, and the challenges that still lie ahead.

2. Linking Local Leaders and Organizations with Donors that Care and Creating Opportunities for Action

FONO provides opportunities for neighborhood leaders and local organizations from New Orleans to meet donors and discuss what is working in the recovery efforts, as well as the continued needs of the communities. FONO organizes and hosts educational donor events all across the country.

3. Putting a National Spotlight on the City and Giving Local Leaders a Voice

FONO events highlight key issues for the region's recovery - such as better levees and coastal restoration, good schools and adequate healthcare, safe and vibrant neighborhoods - that generate national media attention. FONO makes it possible for local leaders to tell their stories of how they are making New Orleans a better place to live, and the challenges they face on the road to recovery.

What We've Been Up To: Four Years of FONO

Learn about all of FONO's efforts towards New Orleans' Rebirth by clicking this link:
FONO 4 Year Report

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/12/fono_four_year.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/12/fono_four_year.php Front Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:38:28 -0600 FONO Aspen CO event on August 12, 2009 features key New Orleans leaders in housing, education and health This special event will help to highlight the complex issues that the Greater New Orleans region still faces on the road to recovery, in addition to celebrating the progress that local NOLA leaders and residents have accomplished. Distinguished panelists include: Dr. Benjamin Sachs (head of Tulane Medical School)

Dr. Jim Doty (Stanford University Professor of Neurosurgery, on boards of Tulane University and FONO), Dr. Albert Ruesga (President/CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation), Drs. Howard and Joy Osofsky, (Chair, LSU Dept of Psychiatry and directors of the St. Bernard Mental Health clinic), Harry Shearer (comedian, actor, musician, New Orleans resident and celebrity blogger), Tony Recasner (Chairman of the Board of New Schools New Orleans, and Vice Chair of the Greater New Orleans Foundation), Kristin Palmer (Executive Director of Rebuilding Together New Orleans), and Karen Gadbois (Carrollton Neighborhood Leader and Watchdog Blogger). The event will be moderated by Walter Isaacson, President/CEO of The Aspen Insitute and FONO Founder, and the MC for the evening will be Stephen DeBerry (CIO at Kapor Enterprises and FONO Board Chair).

"Housing, Education and Health in New Orleans Today" will take place at the Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO, from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM and it is open to the public. This will be followed by private VIP reception at a FONO donor's home in Aspen. For more information on this event and how you can support FONO please click the following link.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/07/fono_aspen_co_e.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/07/fono_aspen_co_e.php Front Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:04:53 -0600 Friends of New Orleans Benefit Email Auction

Framed Acrylic Painting by Aspen Artist, Gino Hollander

Name of the painting is Friends, it measures 30x47 inches and it is valued at over $17,000. The email bidding will start at $4,000. If interested, please send your email bid to prdenise@aol.com

For more information on the artist please click here or go to www.hollanderart.com.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/07/friends_of_new_2.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/07/friends_of_new_2.php Front Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:53:29 -0600 Broadmoor Improvement Association
www.broadmoorimprovement.com

Central City Renaissance Alliance
www.myccra.org

East New Orleans / Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC
www.mqvncdc.org

Gentilly Civic Improvement Association
www.gcia.org

Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
www.holycrossneighborhood.org

Lakeview Civic Improvement Association
www.lakeviewcivic.org

Mid City Neighborhood Organization
www.mcno.org

Plaquemines Community Foundation
http://www.gnof.org/index.php/initiatives/category/plaquemines

St. Bernard Community Foundation
http://www.gnof.org/index.php/initiatives/category/st_bernard

 

To connect with a partner organization, click here.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/broadmoor_impro.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/broadmoor_impro.php Neighborhood Groups Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:15:20 -0600 America's Wetland
www.americaswetland.com

Barataria Terrebone National Estuary Program
www.btnep.org

Beacon of Hope Resource Center
www.lakewoodbeacon.org

Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans
www.citizensfor1greaterneworleans.com

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
www.crcl.org

Global Green New Orleans
www.globalgreen.org/neworleans/

Greater New Orleans Foundation
www.gnof.org

Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.)
www.gnoinc.org

The Idea Village
www.ideavillage.org

Kingsley House
www.kingsleyhouse.org

Levees.org
www.levees.org

Market Umbrella
www.marketumbrella.org

Marsh Mission
www.marshmission.com

Neighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN)
www.npnnola.com

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)
www.nocca.com

New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau
www.neworleanscvb.com

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
www.jazzandheritage.org

New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC)
www.novacvideo.org

New Schools for New Orleans
newschoolsforneworleans.org

Operation Comeback/PRC
www.prcno.org/programs/operationcomeback/

Parkway Partners Program
parkwaypartnersnola.org

Phoenix of New Orleans
www.pnola.org

Rebuilding Together New Orleans
www.rtno.org

St. Bernard Project
www.stbernardproject.org

Tipitina's Foundation
www.tipitinasfoundation.org

Women of the Storm
www.womenofthestorm.net

To connect with a neighborhood organization, click here.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/americas_wetlan_1.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/americas_wetlan_1.php Local Organizations Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:54:07 -0600 Local Organizations

Friends of New Orleans is proud to support and collaborate with the following local organizations:

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/local_organizat.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/local_organizat.php Top Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:12:41 -0600 DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano queried by FONO on the future of South Louisiana - June 3, 2009 On June 3rd Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, spoke at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC. The talk  "Homeland Security Today: Progress Made; Challenges Remain", was moderated by Clark Kent Ervin, a former FONO board member and current Director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program.   Before attending the event, FONO Acting Executive Director Denise Byrne solicited ideas for appropriate questions/comments from several Louisiana leaders working on coastal rebuilding and levee protection, and got suggestions from Ann Milling (founder, Women of the Storm) and John Barry (author, Rising Tide and FONO board member). Based on their feedback, Denise asked the following questions to the DHS Secretary:  "Is keeping the New Orleans and surrounding parish residents safe a priority for you?  Why hasn't the current administration shown that rebuilding New Orleans is important?  The president has not visited New Orleans since he was elected.  And right now there are $6-$8 billion in protection and rebuilding projects in the state, within 2 years of turning shovel, yet the administration has only committed $25 million for this specific purpose."  Secretary Napolitano answered by describing her last trip to New Orleans with the HUD secretary, and she spoke about removing bottle necks to the federal dollars, the monies being put into housing and getting people out of trailers, etc.  Unfortunately, not much was said about coastal restoration, levees or the Corps.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/dhs_secretary_j.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/06/dhs_secretary_j.php Front Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:04:27 -0600 FONO surveys key New Orleans neighborhood and nonprofit leaders on the focus of their work and their needs moving forward - April 6-12, 2009 Mid City, Lakeview, Plaquemines Parish, East New Orleans, St. Bernard, Holy Cross/Lower 9th, Broadmoor and Gentilly) and 13 local organizations working on education, rebuilding, coastal restoration and levee protection, economic development, green initiatives and more (New Schools New Orleans, Beacon of Hope, New Orleans Institute, Women of the Storm, Americas Wetland, Neighborhood Partnerships Network, Levees.org, Idea Village, New Orleans Creative Arts Institute, St. Bernard Project, Global Green, Operation Comeback/PRC, Rebuilding Together New Orleans).  Information gathered from these meetings will help shape FONO's work and advocacy message moving forward.
 
In a letter to the FONO Board of Directors, Acting Executive Director, Denise Byrne stated the following observations:  "There is a lot of excitement and energy throughout.  In the words of Tim Williamson, President of Idea Village, the city of New Orleans is an incredible laboratory for social innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.  All of these neighborhoods and nonprofits have been able to accomplish amazing things, under incredible stress and with scarce resources and a lack of capacity.   Many have developed cutting edge models for how to do things right and they want to share it with others around the world.  Whether we are talking disaster recovery, citizenry engagement and leadership, economic development, public school reform, green building, arts and science education, or the power of volunteerism, New Orleans is setting the trend for the rest of the nation to follow."  

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/04/fono_surveys_ke.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/04/fono_surveys_ke.php Front Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:08:14 -0600 "Obama Extends Gulf Coast Rebuilding Office; Sends Cabinet Members to Gulf Coast and New Orleans", White House press release, February 20, 2009.]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/02/bama_extends_gu.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2009/02/bama_extends_gu.php Articles Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:02:15 -0600
New Orleans Rebirth 5K
 Next Saturday!
 September 20, 2008 * 9:00am * Old Town, Alexandria
 
 
Online registration closes Wednesday; register online or at any Pacers Running Store (www.runpacers.com).

New Website!
Check out our new
website
www.NOLA5K.com for updates and information on the event. 
 
FONO
 
 
This year's beneficiary is the Friends of New Orleans.
 
Friends of New Orleans is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization that provides a vehicle for people in the US and abroad who care about this region to declare their support and get involved.
Nike Sportsband 
Saturday, September 20, 2008 9:00am * Oronoco Bay Park Old Town, Alexandria  
 
Course:          
USATF certified course; chip timed!
 
Fees:               
$30 entry fee August 21 through September 19
$35 race day registration
 
Online registration closes Wednesday; register in person during packet pick up on Thursday and Friday or on race morning.
 
New this year! $15 registration fee for kids 10 and under
 
 
Amenities: 
 Water stops, food, t-shirt, post race food, kid's activities and team, overall, and age group awards will be provided.    
 
Packets:    
Packet pick up Thursday, September 18 from 4:00pm-8:00pm and Friday, September 19 at Pacers (1301 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314) from 10:00am to 8:00pm.  Race day packet pick up available 7:00am to 8:45am at Oronoco Bay Park.     
 
Want to volunteer or sponsor? Contact Kathy Dalby at kathy@runpacers.com or 202-297-6044.  
   
Bring the kids to this great event!



]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/09/_new_orleans_re.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/09/_new_orleans_re.php Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:26:32 -0600 FONO Hosts Nonpartisan Benefit Events at National Party Conventions - August and September 2008 To view the CSPAN video featuring Tab Benoit, Leo Nocentelli and FONO board member, former Secretary of HHS, Tommy G. Thompson, click here

For more information on the events, click here.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/08/fono_hosts_nonp.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/08/fono_hosts_nonp.php Front Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:44:41 -0600 Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans Receives 'Hero of the Storm' Award - June 27, 2008 FONO today announced that Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans, a local group responsible for many successful regional reforms post hurricanes Katrina and Rita will receive FONO's 'Hero of the Storm' award.

Formed shortly after the storms in November 2005, Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans is a voice for change and renewal for Greater New Orleans and Louisiana. The group serves as a platform and resource for citizens to take action to rebuild Greater New Orleans. Its founders, a group of citizens who were enraged after the state legislature failed to pass levee board reforms after the storms, have brought about positive regional change.

]]> http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/06/citizens_for_1_2.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/06/citizens_for_1_2.php Front Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:16:17 -0600 Briefing on Efforts to Save Louisiana's Coast - June 17, 2008 FONO teamed up with Environmental Defense Fund for a day of activities on Capitol Hill to bring attention to the urgent need to restore Louisiana's disappearing coastline. The series of events included a briefing in the Senate Russell Building on the status of coastal Louisiana wetlands restoration, and efforts to restore the damage caused by the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO). http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/06/capitol_hill_br.php http://www.friendsofneworleans.org/2008/06/capitol_hill_br.php Front Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:39:57 -0600