Gambit Weekly’s 40 under 40, NewsHerald & ABC News
Monday, November 10, 2008
“Every year, Gambit Weekly calls for nominations for “40 Under 40,” our annual look at some of the young people who are making remarkable contributions to the New Orleans metropolitan region.”
We were please to be selected. CLICK HERE to read our profile.
The outstanding civic participation in Tuesday’s presidential election re-energized our committment to make the recovery of New Orleans a top priority within the new administration’s agenda.
As an ‘07 Center For the Study of The Presidency Fellow, BNO Founder has always been keenly interested in history and encouraging others to play an active roll in our democracy.
Here are some of his personal thoughts about the important nature of this election.
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We were recently in the Florida Gulf Coast - an area we’ve become familiar with over the course of the past 2 years because of Bike Katrina- encouraging people to become more engaged in the electoral process.
In particular, our message was structured around a dialogue on how residents could use the battleground status of Florida to amplify their voices as a powerful advocacy tool for coastal restoration, a green economy and the bricks-and-mortar rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.
