The “Horton Hears a Who Dat” house.
Parades are canceled this year, but have you no fear. Freret held a vote on a theme for house floats. They picked a theme based on Seuss, let creativity loose, and let everyone know: The theme’s “Oh, the Places You
Can’t Go!”
The Freret neighborhood has become a colorful storybook as it takes on a Seussian theme for Yardi Gras, a safe alternative to Mardi Gras parades where residents decorate their own houses as floats. Imagination abounds in houses decorated in the spirit of beloved children’s books.
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Liz Cooke and her husband Drew pose in front of their Yardi Gras house.
New Orleans organization doles out over $1 million in grants to fight racial disparities
Local grants looking to help those affected by racial disparities By Sabrina Wilson | February 1, 2021 at 6:24 PM CST - Updated March 15 at 11:15 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - From the physical toll to financial impact, the coronavirus pandemic has been especially hard on some communities and the Greater New Orleans Foundation is doling out money to non-profits to help foster more racial equity.
Andy Kopplin is President and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation which announced over $1 million in grants to black-led organizations in the region to address racial inequities.
December 29, 2020
Greg Grandy, Louisiana s CPRA sums up the year
Simone and Jacques close out 2020 with their 150th episode of Delta Dispatches, welcoming Greg Grandy, Deputy Executive Director for Louisiana s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Greg highlights the immense
progress that the agency made on implementing coastal restoration and protection projects in 2020, despite obstacles ranging from the Covid pandemic to an extremely active, unprecedented hurricane season. CPRA advanced 112 coastal projects with 49 projects in construction in 2020, and Greg also highlights what s to come in 2021. Jacques then welcomes Marissa Wendte and James Karst from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana on to highlight progress on the coalition s oyster shell recycling program, a
Jacques works as Communications Director the Environmental Defense Fund in Louisiana and Restore the Mississippi River Delta, raising awareness to Louisiana’s land loss crisis, its far-reaching implications on people, wildlife and the economy, and the restoration solutions available to address it. Jacques leads a team that leverages public communications and innovative marketing strategies to build support for restoration of Louisiana’s coast. Prior to joining Audubon, Jacques worked as the Public Affairs Manager at Mother Jones in San Francisco, where he helped elevate the profile of the news organization and its reporting. Previously, he worked at Google in its advertising department and then on the company’s corporate communications team focusing on YouTube. Jacques graduated from Dartmouth College with a dual major in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Jacques is a native son of Louisiana, having grown up in the town of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish, where his family h