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Nov. 17-18: Administrator Jackson to Make First Official Visit to New Orleans
Release Date: 11/16/2009
Contact Information: EPA Press Office, [email protected],
202-564-6794, 202-564-4355
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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