Tuesday, September 17, 2013

CCDA New Orleans Day 3

Dr. Michelle Alexander presented a compelling case that charges mass incarceration in America as the new Jim Crow of our time.  

St. Roch Community Church was a church plant in the Ninth Ward post-Katrina.  I spent the afternoon there on Friday learning about their church and their Christian Community Development corporation that launched alongside of the church.  You can read more about St. Roch by clicking here.

St. Roch CDC has a 9 month artist residency that was fascinating to learn about.  An art professor at Tulane (far left) leads this program, and the four seated at the table are all past or present artists in residence.  

Chassidi is in the CCDA Leadership Cohort #4 which was introduced on stage Friday evening.  

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