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

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November 17, 2009

 

***Updated with details on Wednesday’s Events***

 

Nov. 18: Administrator Jackson Continues First Official Visit to New Orleans

 

WASHINGTON – Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, a New Orleans native, will continue her first visit to the city as EPA Administrator on Wednesday, November 18.

 

On Wednesday, 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 Pontchartrain Park. Finally, Administrator Jackson will speak at a Dean’s Colloquium at Tulane University, her alma mater. All of these events are open press.

 

Wednesday, November 18

 

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

                                    Tour will start at 409 Andry St

                                    New Orleans, La.

                         

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

                                    Southern University

                                    Lake Campus, Building 41C

                                    6801 Press Drive

                                    New Orleans, La.

 

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