Surviving the Storm: Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later

As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, please join us for New Orleans style food and music,
photo exhibit, film festival, and a thought provoking panel discussion.

Street Party

Street party to commemorate and celebrate the resurgence and strength of New Orleans ten years after the storm. In addition to giving our students and the community a small taste and sound of New Orleans, information for all other campus events will be provided at the street party

**Free and Open to the Public**

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 , 12 PM – 3 PM

Jessup Blair Park, Takoma Park

Film: Faubourg Treme Directed by Dawn Logsdon

2008, 68 minutes

 Faubourg Treme is considered the oldest black neighborhood in America, the origin of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, and the birthplace of jazz. Five years before Hurricane Katrina    hit, two New Orleanians, one white and one black- filmmaker Dawn Logsdon and writer Lolis Eric  Elie – began documenting the rich living culture of Faubourg Treme, then a little known  neighborhood overshadowed by the adjacent famous French Quarter.  Their tapes miraculously  survived the flooding that devastated their city.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 , 6 PM – 7:10 PM

Cultural Arts Center Theatre 2