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Moving Forward After Katrina: College Students' Ideas to Renew New Orleans and Improve U.S. Disaster Policy
March 4, 2006
This program was presented by the Special Center for Emergency Preparedness and Relief, a National Policy Initiative of The Roosevelt Institution. It brought together college undergraduates and experts from a range of fields to discuss responses and new ideas, as well as provide a voice for college students. The event was held in the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence. For a complete program, including biographies of the panelists and participants, click here.
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The program brought together college undergraduates and professionals interested in an exchange of ideas and hopes |
| Topics included elections after Katrina and improving international relief efforts |
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Afternoon sessions met with expert advisors on insurance, rebuilding efforts, and civic particpation, and other concerns |
| Sessions provided a forum for students to both learn and voice their own ideas from the Katrina disaster |
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