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Summer Edition
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June/July/August 2010
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Join Us Online!
The Council has now joined Facebook and LinkedIn.
We invite our members, professional resources, program alumni, and
friends of NOCDC to join the groups online to learn more about our
organization and international delegates.
Please contribute photos you took during an NOCDC activity!
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| Upcoming Projects:
Food
Security - Regional Project for Southeast
Asia
September
15 - 19
Eight visitors
Preservation of
National Historic Sites - A Project for Turkmenistan
September
20 - 25
Three visitors
Combating Trafficking
in Persons - A Project for Poland
September
21 - 25
Two
visitors
Biodiversity Education and Awareness - A Project for Indonesia
September 25 - 29
Six visitors
The American
Language: Connecting English Teachers with Culture and History - a Multi-regional
Project
October
3 - 7
Twenty-five visitors
Young Leaders:
Political and Civic Engagement - A Regional Project for South and Central Asia
October
5 - 9
Thirteen visitors
Entrepreneurship and
Business Management - A Project for Gaza
October
10 - 13
Ten visitors
Sustainable Urban
Development - A Multi-regional Project
October
20 - 23
Eight visitors
University Service Learning - A Project for Russia
November 13 - 21
Six visitors
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Arabic Classes at NOCDC start September 13!
Beginning
on September 13, the New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council and the
Institute of Critical languages & Cultural
Exchange, Inc. are pleased to offer Beginning Arabic classes. The
intensive ten-week session will be held on Mondays from
5:00-7:30 p.m. at the NOCDC offices at 1215
Prytania Street, in Suite 203. Classes will meet once a week for 2.5
hours from September 13 through November 15. Additional
training is available with the professor via Skype. The
professional instructor is a native speaker who offers a
proficiency-based
curriculum. The cost: $350 for tuition and
materials. (Counselor-level NOCDC members receive a 20% discount.) The
pre-registration and pre-payment deadline is September 7. Mail checks
to the NOCDC office at 1215 Prytania St., Ste. 203, New Orleans, LA
70130. For
additional details, call NOCDC at (504) 529-1509. |
 African Women Leaders meet with Plaquemines D.A.
On
June 10, a group of 11 African women leaders met with Plaquemines
Parish District Attorney, Mr. Charles J. Ballay, and his staff to
discuss the office's efforts in addressing and prosecuting cases of
domestic
violence. The delegates asked many legal questions and were
impressed by
the one-stop service center available to those seeking help. Ms. Mary
Jane
Tesvich, Domestic Violence Coordinator, explained how the office
collaborates
with police and the nearby counseling center to assist victims.
The group also visited the courtroom and met with Assistance District
Attorney, Ms. Mary Slavich Touzet, to discuss how juvenile offenses are
handled
in Plaquemines Parish. Following the court visit, the women made a
stop
at the counseling center where they shared issues victims of domestic
violence
face in their countries with the center's staff.
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Visitors from Latin America Study Sustainable Urban Development
On July 20, a Latin American group
of eight urban developers and environmentalists met with La Toya Cantrell,
President of Broadmoor Improvement Association, to discuss the rebuilding
efforts of the neighborhood since Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Cantrell explained
the demographics of Broadmoor and some of the issues residents have been faced
with while trying to rebuild their homes. She also discussed the measures
taken by the association to rebuild the neighborhood in a more sustainable way
by raising houses off the ground. The visitors were impressed by
Cantrell's dedication to getting Broadmoor back on its feet and her
team's hard work in the rebuilding efforts.
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 Adnan Suleman joins NOCDC staffAdnan
Suleman, a recent graduate of Tulane University, has joined the NOCDC staff as
the new Program Officer. Mr. Suleman replaced Kathryn Dickerson, who left the
NOCDC to complete her Master's in Geography at the University of New Orleans.
Prior to joining the NOCDC, Mr. Suleman worked for Organizing for America and interned with the
Loyola Law Clinic, Students for Barack Obama, and the World Affairs Council of
New Orleans. Mr. Suleman has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and he
speaks fluent Urdu.
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Thank You!
Thank you to the professional resources that met with our international guests from June through August, 2010.
Anna's Arts for Kids of St. Anna's Episcopal Church - Mr. Darryl Durham, Program Director
Anthony Bean Community
Theater - Mr. Anthony Bean,
Founder & Director
America's
WETLAND Foundation - Mr. John Hill, Consultant
American Red Cross, Southeast New Orleans Chapter - Ms. Kay Wilkins, CEO; Mr. Bill Salmeron, Disaster Director
Art Spot Productions - Ms. Kathy
Randels, Artistic Director
Arts Council New Orleans
- Ms. Mary Len Costa, Interim Director & CEO; Aimee Freeman, Director of Development; Lindsey Glatz, Director of Marketing
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
- Ms. Carol Bebelle,
Director
Audubon Institute - Mr. Clyde Butler,
Senior Vice President of Construction
Audubon Zoo - Ms.
Llewellyn Everage, Adult Volunteer Coordinator
Backstreet
Cultural Museum - Mr. Robert
Francis,
Manager
Baptist Crossroads Foundation - Mr. Jared Pryer, Volunteer Coordinator
Beacon
of Hope - Ms. Tina
Marquardt, Executive Director; Mr.
Brian Baldwin, Community Development Manager
Broadmoor Improvement
Association - Ms. LaToya
Cantrell, President
The Cabildo - Dr. Karen Leathem, Louisiana
State Museum
Historian
Café Reconcile -
Sister Mary Lou Specha, Executive Director
Casa Samba - Mr. Curtis
Pierre, Percussionist and
Founder
Catholic Charities - Mr. Tom
Costanza, Social Justice/Advocacy Program Director; Ms. Allyson Tuttle, Project SAVE Administrator
Children's Bureau of New Orleans - Ms. Paulette Carter, President & CEO
Covenant House New Orleans - Ms.
Stacy Horn Koch, Executive Director; Mr. Wyatt Hines, Program Director; Ms.
Jennifer Doepp Panitch, Development Associate
Crescent Alliance Recovery Effort - Mr. Ryan
Porcelli, Co-Chair
Crescent
City Lights Youth Theater - Ms.
Julie Condy, Founder & Executive Director
Dragon
Café of St. George's
Episcopal Church - Ms.Effie Anderson, Director of Christian Education for Youth
Col.
Terry Ebbert - former Director of New Orleans Mayor's Office of Homeland Security
The Edible Schoolyard -
Ms. Kelly Regan, Community and Volunteer Coordinator
Evacuteer.org - Mr. Robert Fogarty, Director
Family Advocacy Care and Education Services of Children's Hospital - Ms. Barbara Brown, Program Director & Department
Head
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office - Ms. Andrea Williams,
Intergovernmental Affairs Liason; Ms. Nora Huete, Individual Assistance Advisor; Mr. John Connolly, Senior
Public Assistance Advisor; Mr. Bob Picarazzi, Mitigation Representative
Gentilly Landfill - Ms.
Dana Stumpf, President
The Good Work Network - Ms. Phyllis
Cassidy, Executive Director; Ms. Adele London, Business Adviser
Greater New Orleans
Disaster Recovery Partnership - Ms. Jessica Vermilyea, Vice Chair; Mr. R.M. "Iray" Nabatoff, Board Member and Founder
Greater New Orleans
Youth Orchestra - Ms. Theresa Sharaf,
Director
The Green Project -
Ms. Phyllis Jordan, Executive Director
HandsOn
New Orleans - Ms. Cathy Puett, Chief Executive Officer
Hogan Jazz Archive - Dr. Bruce Raeburn, Curator and Mr. Lynn Abbott, Archivist
The Idea
Village - Mr. Tim Williamson, Co-Founder & CEO
Interim LSU
Public Hospital (ILH) - Ms. Catherine M. Appe,
Marketing Director; Mr. Adler Voltaire,
CAO; Mr. Bob Arnold, Director for Emergency Management; Dr. James Aiken,
Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness; Mr.
Kenneth Scott, Police Chief
Jean Lafitte
National Park - Dr. Thomas Doyle,
Branch Chief, Forest and Wetland Ecology
Sections
Junior Achievement BizTown - Ms.
Erin O'Connell, Capstone Education Manager; Ms. Melissa Binder, Vice President
of Marketing; Ms. Juli Pattison, Director of Development
Le Chat Noir - Mrs.
Barbara Motley, Owner & Artistic Director
Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality - Dr. Vladimir Appeaning, Deputy
Secretary
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development - Mr. Michael Stack, District 2 Administrator
Louisiana State Museum
- Old U.S.
Mint - Mr. Greg Lambousy, Director of
Collections
Louisiana Supreme Court - Hon.
Greg G. Guidry, Justice
Louisiana
Tax Free Shopping -Ms. Denise Thevenot, Executive Director
Riverwalk Marketplace - Ms.
Lauren Wakeman, Marketing Director
Lowernine.org - Ms. Laura Paul, Director of Development
Loyola University
Center for
Environmental Communication - Dr.
Robert (Bob) Thomas, Director
Mary Queen of Vietnam Community
Development Corporation - Ms. Lauren
Butz, Environmental Justice Coordinator
Metropolitan Center
for Women and Children - Mr. Wayne Barnes, Program Director
Metropolitan Crime Commission - Mr.
Anthony Radosti, Vice-President
Minority Business Development Agency - Mr. Jonathan Temple, Business Development Specialist
The Miracle League of Greater
New Orleans - Ms. Gina Lorio, Executive Director
Mondo Bizarro - Mr. Nick Slie, Co-founder
National Wetlands Research
Center (USGS) - Dr. Hongqing Wang, Ecosystem Modeler
New Orleans Area Habitat
for Humanity
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) - Mr. Brain Hammell, Director of Communications
New Orleans City
Council - Hon. Jon D. Johnson, Councilmen, District
E
New Orleans City Hall, Human Relations
Commission - Mr. Larry Bagneris,
Executive Director
New Orleans City
Park - Mr. Jim Morrison, Volunteer Coordinator
New Orleans Department of Sanitation - Ms. Cynthia Lear,
Interim Director
New Orleans Food and Farm Network - Mr. Brendan Connery
New Orleans
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Office - Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed, Director
New Orleans Mayor's Office of Environmental Affairs -
Mr. John Moore, Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst
New Orleans
Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau - Ms. Maria Manzella,
Tourism Sales Manager
New Orleans Police Department -
Lieutenant Lynn Fletcher and Captain Jeffrey Winn
New
Orleans Regional AIDS Planning Council - Ms. Brandi Bowen, Director
New Orleans Sewerage and
Water Board - Mr. Gordon
Austin, Chief of Environmental Affairs
New
Orleans Shakespeare Festival, Tulane University
- Mr. Buzz Podewell, Director
The
New Orleans
String Project - Ms. Natasha Ashner Wilson, President
New Orleans Women's
Shelter - Mr. Noah Cullen,
Program Affairs Coordinator
Plaquemines Parish - Mr. Charles J. Ballay, District Attorney; Ms. Mary
Jane Tesvich, Domestic Violence Coordinator
Preservation Resource
Center - Ms.
Patricia Gay, Executive Director
Project Homecoming - Mr.
Kevin Krejci, Operations Director; Mr. Vann Joines, Director of Public
Relations and Marketing
Senator Mary Landrieu's
Office - Mr. Wes Kungel,
Regional Representative
Sidcat Strategies - Mr. Sid Arroyo, CEO
Southern Repertory Theater - Ms. Aimee Hayes, Executive Director
St. Bernard Project, Center
for Wellness & Mental Health - Ms. Jocelyn Heintz
Sweet Home New Orleans
- Ms. Kate Benson, Program Director
The Times Picayune- Mr.
Mark Schleifstein, Investigative Reporter; Mr. Jim Amoss, Editor; Ms. Stephanie Grace, columnist
Tipitina's Foundation - Mr. Todd Souvignier, Music Co-op Director; Mr. Mark
Fowler, Music Co-op Manager
Tulane University - Capt. Keith Amacker- Director of Homeland Security
Studies
Tulane Environmental Health Sciences -
Dr. A.J. Englande Jr., Professor
Tulane University
U.S./China Energy and Environmental Technology
Center - Dr. S.T.
Hsieh, Founding Director
Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research - Mr. Charles Allen,
Assistant Director for External Relations; Dr. Doug Meffert, Deputy Director
for Policy
United Houma
Nation, Golden
Meadow Tribal
Center - Ms. Brenda
Dardar-Robichaux, Principal Chief
UNO Center
for Hazard Assessment, Response and Technology - Dr. Monica Farris, Director
UNO
Department of Planning and Urban Studies - Dr. Marla Nelson, Associate Professor
UNO History Department - Dr. Michael Mizell-Nelson, Assistant Professor
UNO Lester E. Kabacoff School
of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration - Dr.
Bridget Bordelon, Assistant Professor
UNO Pontchartrain Institute for
Environmental Sciences - Ms. Dinah Maygarden, Research Associate
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Ms. Carol
Wittkamp
Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans - Mr. Woody
Hosler, Volunteer Services Program Manager
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Thanks to Hosts:
Thank you to all who welcomed visitors with home hospitality, sightseeing, or transportation from June through August, 2010.
Ms. Corinne Barnwell hosted three visitors from South Asia studying NGO management of youth
programs in the U.S.
at a local restaurant.
Ms.
Nathalie Bastin drove a visitor from West Africa to the
airport.
Ms. Susannah Coolidge & Mr. Fredric Diegel hosted four visitors from Asia studying watershed management and two French
visitors studying American politics in their home for dinner.
Mr.
and Mrs. José Cot hosted two
visitors from the Czech
Republic studying the role of the arts in political and
social commentary in their home for dinner.
Ms. Kathryn Dickerson hosted six visitors
from South Asia studying NGO
management of youth programs in the U.S. in her home for dinner.
Mrs. Rosemarie Fowler hosted two visitors from Chile studying sustainable urban development
in her home for dinner.
Mr. Robert Freeland hosted
four visitors from the Caribbean studying hurricane
preparedness and three Brazilians studying community
arts organizations in his home for dinner.
Dr. Louis & Ms. Janie Glade hosted a musician from Indonesia
and a journalist from France in their home for hospitality and homestay.
Ms. Machelle Lee and Mr. Keith Hall hosted two visitors from Asia
studying youth and music in their home for dinner.
Mr. Oscar Levy hosted
four Iraqi visitors studying NGOs and civic action in his home for dinner.
Mr. David Miller hosted two visitors from Asia studying watershed management at a local resaurant for
dinner.
Dr.
and Mrs. Bert Myers hosted a
visitor from the Slovak
Republic studying the
role of the arts in political and social commentaryfor home hospitality.
Ms. Jana Napoli hosted
two visitors from Algeria, a
visitor from Lebanon, and a
visitor from the Palestinian
Territories studying
youth and music for dinner.
Ms. Jennifer Ponce hosted a visitor from Mexico
and a visitor from Panama
studying sustainable urban development for home hospitality.
Mr.
Jeff Prussack hosted five visitors from the Caribbean studying hurricane preparedness
in his home for dinner.
Mr. Tom
and Mrs. Barbara Sands hosted a musician from Indonesia and two visitors from Asia studying watershed management in their home for
dinner.
Ms. Theresa Sharaf hosted a visitor from near East Asia
studying youth and music at her home for dinner.
Mr.
Martin and Lois Simpson hosted
a visitor from Peru and a
visitor from Venezuela
studying sustainable urban development and two Brazilian visitors studying
community arts organizations for home hospitality.
Ms.
Cheryl Streit and Ms. Kathryn Dickerson hosted four visitors from the Caribbean studying hurricane preparedness
and two visitors from near East Asia studying
youth and music at Ms. Streit's home for dinner.
Mrs.
Nancy Turner hosted a
visitor from Japan
studying tourism in her home for dinner.
Mr. Donald van de Werken hosted a journalist from France for hospitality and homestay.
Mr.
Walter Wolf and Ms. Alexandra Mora hosted a visitor from Argentina
and a visitor from Costa Rica
studying sustainable urban development and a visitor from Jamaica studying
volunteerism for home hospitality.
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Board MembersWalter F. Wolf, III, President
John Hopper, Treasurer
Nathalie Bastin
Heather Farnsworth
Dick Gannon
Machelle Lee Hall
Staff Susannah Coolidge, Executive Director
Ines Sigel, Program Coordinator
Adnan Suleman, Program Officer
Rosemarie Fowler, Senior Program Officer
Emily Ramirez, Program Intern
New Orleans Citizen
Diplomacy Council
1215 Prytania Street, Suite 203
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-529-1509
info@nocdc.com
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