Middlebury hosts video conference on Katrina

Middlebury hosts video conference on Katrina

by Staff writer
Middlebury Campus
March 16, 2006

On March 17, the College's American's For Informed Democracy chapter will host a videoconference entitled "More Than Six Months After Katrina: A Report Card for America." Held in Meeker House, the videoconference will enable Middlebury students to discuss the current state of the rebuilding effort with community leaders and residents of New Orleans. The sponsoring organization seeks to ensure that Americans continue to understand the changing situation in New Orleans as well as the ways in which they might offer aid and assistance. The videoconference is timed so as to coincide with President George W. Bush's most recent push to provide increased aid to the city, as he asked Congress for $20 billion more in aid on March 8. Emily Peterson '08, a Middlebury student who is helping to organize the videoconference, says that "The Gulf Coast still faces a long road to recovery, and it will be several decades before the region ever resembles the way it looked before." Americans for Informed Democracy is a non-partisan educational organization devoted to enaging Americans in discussions about the United States' role in the world.