EPA Media Alert (HQ): Nov. 17-18: Administrator Jackson to Make First Official Visit to New Orleans

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November 16, 2009

 

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Nov. 17-18: Administrator Jackson to Make First Official Visit to New Orleans

 

WASHINGTON – Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, a New Orleans native, is scheduled to make her first visit to the city as EPA Administrator on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 17 and 18.

 

On Tuesday, November 17, Administrator Jackson will speak at the EPA’s National Brownfields Conference at the Morial Convention Center. Her remarks will be open press.

 

On Wednesday, November 18, Administrator Jackson will join representatives from local non-profits to tour sustainable development projects in the Lower Ninth Ward. From there, the administrator will travel to Southern University for a roundtable with students and professors. Following that Administrator Jackson will tour a site where green homes will be constructed in Ponchartrain Park. Finally, Administrator Jackson will speak at a Dean’s Colloquium at Tulane University, her alma mater. All of these events are open press.

 

Tuesday, November 17

 

9:30 a.m. CST              Administrator Jackson delivers remarks at EPA’s National Brownfields Conference

                                    Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

                                    900 Convention Center Blvd

                                    New Orleans, La.

 

Wednesday, November 18

*additional details on Wednesday’s events will be released on Tuesday

 

9:30 a.m. CST               Administrator Jackson tours Lower Ninth Ward sustainable development projects

                         

12:30 p.m. CST             Administrator Jackson participates in roundtable with Southern University students and professors

                                    Southern University

 

1:15 p.m. CST              Administrator Jackson tours site of future green homes in Ponchartrain Park

                                    Tour will start at 5562 Park Drive

                                    New Orleans, La.

 

2:30 p.m. CST              Administrator Jackson Speaks at Tulane Dean’s Colloquium

Tulane University

Freeman Auditorium, Woldenberg Art Center

1229 Broadway Street

New Orleans, La.

 

Administrator Lisa Perez Jackson grew up in Ponchartrain Park in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. The Administrator went to St. Gabriel the Archangel grammar school and St. Mary’s Dominican High School, where she was valedictorian of the class of ‘79. She also graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University. Her mother and several members of her family were displaced from the city when their house was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina.

 

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