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The New Orleans Initiative seeks to mobilize the vast and unique resources of the liberal arts institution — critical thought, rigorous education and robust social analysis — towards neighborhood-level revitalization projects in post-disaster New Orleans. By working alongside effected communities and youth, the Initiative creates replicable models for connecting the strengths of academic institutions with the real and pressing needs of local communities.
In the News...
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Bard Urban Studies in New Orleans Program Application is now online
Applications accepted until February 10, 2008 [read more] -
New Orleans Initiative and Harvard Kennedy School of Government hold New Orleans Neighborhood Data Forum on November 3rd for community recovery organizations across the city.
Led by the Bard New Orleans Initiative and Harvard Kennedy School of... [read more] -
New Orleans Initiative joins Harvard Kennedy School of Government in second New Orleans Neighborhood Leadership Forum: Best Practices in Neighborhood Revitalization: Increasing and Sustaining Community Participation and Organization, December 1, 2008
The second in the Neighborhood Leadership Forum series, this day-long... [read more] -
Unified New Orleans Plan member Michael Haggerty lectures at Bard
Michael Haggerty, a member of the 2006-2007 Unified New Orleans Planning... [read more]