EPA Administrator Travels to New Orleans to Commemorate Hurricane Katrina Anniversary (LA)
TODAY: EPA Administrator Travels to New
Orleans to Commemorate Hurricane Katrina
Anniversary
Four-day visit will include visits with
students, residents and community
organizations
DALLAS –
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
will travel to New Orleans tomorrow for a series of events
commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the
continued rebuilding of neighborhoods and areas devastated by the
hurricane. She will remain in the region until Sunday.
Administrator Jackson, a native of New Orleans,
who grew up in Pontchartrain Park, will speak to students on her
New Orleans upbringing, Hurricane Katrina’s impact and
EPA’s role in helping to revive and restore the region.
Administrator Jackson will also give remarks to several
environmental and community organizations and speak with residents
and local volunteers.
Additional information about Administrator
Jackson’s schedule will be released when it becomes
available.
To request an interview with Administrator
Jackson, please email
[email protected].
TODAY, Thursday, August 26,
2010
10:45 AM CDT
Meet and Greet with Metairie Academy
Students
Metairie Academy Cafeteria
201 Metairie Road
Metairie, LA
OPEN PRESS
1:15 PM CDT
Keynote Speech at Earth Institute
Conference
Tulane University
Lavin Bernick Center, Qatar Room,
212
New Orleans, LA
OPEN PRESS
Friday, August 27, 2010
9:30 AM CDT
Remarks and Q&A at Student
Summit
A.H. Wilson Charter School
3617 General Pershing Street
New Orleans, LA
OPEN PRESS
Tulane University Wave of Green Volunteer Event
1 Collin Diboll Circle
New Orleans, LA
OPEN PRESS
2:30 PM CDT
Remarks at TEDxNOLA Conference
Le Petit Theatre, 616 St Peter Street
New Orleans, LA
OPEN PRESS
Saturday, August 27, 2010
12:00 PM CDT
Remarks at Fifty For Five Event
2726 Mexico Street
Gentilly, LA
OPEN PRESS Sunday, August 29, 2010
Additional information will be released when it becomes available.
