The Young Leadership Council, New Orleans Louisiana

Upcoming Events

A Streetcar Named Inspire will reveal its first completed streetcar at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside's new, hip bar called Spirits on May 8th, 6 pm

JumpStart Meeting will be held Tuesday May 13th, 6 pm at The Bridge Lounge

Projects

Help kids get what they need in the classroom. Teacher Appreciation Night needs a new leader. Contact YLC at 585-1500 or via e-mail

Alumni Spotlight

See what a successful, former YLC member is doing now!

The Jonkheer's Wife by John F. Landrum

Current Events that YLC members should know about

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The Young Leadership Council is committed to the rebirth and reimagining of New Orleans.

As part of that reimagining we want our members to be aware of important events and information about the city's recovery. Below are some articles that the YLC's leadership feels the members should know about.

CNBC's The Battle for New Orleans
This show, originally aired August 26th 2007, highlights the ongoing challenges facing our community and digs into them better than most.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/20277960/site/14081545/
Stafford Act breeds paperwork, stalls real work
Andy Kopplin is the Executive Director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) and has worked endlessly for this recovery. His article on why progress is slower than expected appeared in the Picayune in early September, 2007. http://www.nola.com/mobile/articles/paper.ssf?/base/news-0/1189176646131530.xml&coll=1
In Big Easy, slow headway against crime - we are all concerned about crime. This article talks about the headway being made, a lot of that by the Crime Coalition of which the YLC is a member.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0807/p01s02-usju.html