I have a panel
My Wiscon panel is up, if anyone is interested: Power, Privilege, and Oppression -- Social Justice and Rising Sea Levels.
I have no idea yet of how I'm going to structure this -- there are a lot of different ways it could go, such as:
"before Hurricane Katrina, the region supported approximately one million non-farm jobs, with 600,000 of them in New Orleans. One study, by Mark Burton and Michael J. Hicks estimated the total economic impact to Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed $150 billion. Hundreds of thousands of residents of southern Louisiana and Mississippi, including nearly everyone who lived in New Orleans, were left unemployed. No paychecks were being cashed and no money was being spent, and therefore no taxes were being collected by local governments. The lack of revenue will limit the resources of the affected communities and states for years to come. Before the storm, the region was already one of the poorest in America with one of the highest unemployment rates."
-- Wikipedia, Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina
I'm sure I'll be able to throw some talking points together. For me, the actual sea rise is pretty straight forward. What we might do about it is completely unknown.
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I have no idea yet of how I'm going to structure this -- there are a lot of different ways it could go, such as:
"before Hurricane Katrina, the region supported approximately one million non-farm jobs, with 600,000 of them in New Orleans. One study, by Mark Burton and Michael J. Hicks estimated the total economic impact to Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed $150 billion. Hundreds of thousands of residents of southern Louisiana and Mississippi, including nearly everyone who lived in New Orleans, were left unemployed. No paychecks were being cashed and no money was being spent, and therefore no taxes were being collected by local governments. The lack of revenue will limit the resources of the affected communities and states for years to come. Before the storm, the region was already one of the poorest in America with one of the highest unemployment rates."
-- Wikipedia, Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina
I'm sure I'll be able to throw some talking points together. For me, the actual sea rise is pretty straight forward. What we might do about it is completely unknown.
Originally posted to Dreamwidth, were there are
comments. Dreamwidth comments