Ron Triggs

March 29, 2019

Climate Justice, Digital Media and Gender in LA

Professor Frances Roberts-Gregory

Current Events presentation

The name of the article I’m using is “‘Climate change is for real,’ and these New Orleans residents are trying to combat it”, written by Katy Reckdahl and published by The New Orleans Advocate in October 2018. The article talked about the things people are doing to address and change current problems in New Orleans. I thought it was interesting to find the process, facilitated by the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, addressing current problems in New Orleans felt similar to post-Katrina community-input charretes for people who participated. I believe the process which was lead was the beginning and an effective way to make the community begin thinking about the things that need to be changed in their communities. This event relates to my everyday life because I am a part of my community and what happens in my community affects my life day in and day out. The article reminds me of some of the tactics people used to begin starting to think about the ways that they are going to address the problems in their neighborhoods and communities. I would improve this article by adding more of the next steps and create a follow up article that list and discusses the change that was made. I would suggests this article to peers and family because I feel like it was a successful start to a bigger conversation.