Abstract:
The Humanities Research Center at Rice University offers a public lecture series featuring speakers from a variety of academic and professional disciplines who have explored aspects of Katrina’s impact on Houston. They will address the conflicts and changes in social, cultural, economic, judicial, and demographic circumstances in Houston, through an examination of oral histories, statistical data, legal cases, and historical trends. The lecture series is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gilder Foundation. For more details please visit http://www.publichumanities.org/Katrina1.html.

Biography of Glenda Harris:
Glenda Harris is a native of New Orleans and a lifelong resident of the Lower Ninth Ward. After many years as a community activist and neighborhood spokesperson, in 2004 she was appointed Director of the Advocacy Center for the Lower Ninth Ward. In January 2005, Ms. Harris participated in the first field school mounted by the Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston project. Currently, she is back in New Orleans as the Katrina Coordinator for the Children's Defense Fund.