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bullet16 years as an active parent in District 94’s public schools.

-         Hynes Elementary: created and sponsored arts programming, including the Drama Dreamers Drama Club, ArtSmart Parent Participation Program, Artists in Residence, and Arts in Education. 

-         Ben Franklin Parent-Teacher Organization

-         Parent Liaison between Franklin and NOCCA|Riverfront

 

RECOVERY INVOLVEMENT 

bulletDistrict 5 Neighborhood Recovery Group Steering Committee
bulletNeighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN), Founding Board Member
bullet Lake Area Zoning Ordinance Committee
bulletCitizens Road Home Action Team (CHAT)
bullet Lake Vista Property Owners Association, President, Block Captain, and Survey Committee
bulletMid-City Neighborhood Organization, Block Captain Development Chair
bulletKatrina Free Tree Giveaway – 5,100 seedlings

ADDITIONAL POST-KATRINA ACTIVISM

bulletQuick re-start of www.LaRoots.net  e-newsletter publication, September 2, 2005
bulletLawn-Chair Rendezvous, Canal Street’s first community gathering 11/17/05
bulletMid-City Business Association. 
bullet Lake Vista liaison to the PRC's Neighborhood Council
bulletPlanning District Leadership Committee

 

 POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

bulletCreated www.LaRoots.net e-bulletin as KerryRoots in 2004
bulletCampaign volunteers in local, state, and national elections 2002-2007
bulletCandidate Special Election March 10, 2007 House District 94 (3rd)
bulletCandidate Regular Election October 20, 2007 HD-94 (run-off)
bulletCandidate Run-off Election November 17, 2007 House District 94 (loss)
bulletCandidate Democratic State Central Committee February 9 2008
bulletCandidate Parish Democratic Executive Committee Feb.9 2008

 

 

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Last modified: 08/01/08