who you are, where you ve been. where you hope to go. that s the forum of art. we reflect on where we are. that s something we grew up with in pontchartrain park. we were given a baton from that moses legacy where african-americans didn t have the access to affordable homes during segregation. because of their march for social justice, we were able to create a mayberry that was able to send so many of my generation out into the world and become successful men and women. when i came back to new orleans, i knew i wanted to create that. it was our responsibility to create that. to those much is given, much is expected. i knew we had it within our ranks to do it ourself. that s why we put together pontchartrain park community
from now, what did you do in new orleans darkest hours, i wanted to have an answer. you talk about the esthetic. i think for you as an artist. that s really a critical part of this, you have a bit of art imitating life going on here, right? starting in tremay where the city is working to recover. it is art imitating life. that s the role of life. what the thoughts are to the individual, where you reflect on who you are, where you ve been. where you hope to go. that s the forum of art. we reflect on where we are. that s something we grew up with in pontchartrain park. we were given a baton from that moses legacy where african-americans didn t have the access to affordable homes during segregation. because of their march for social justice, we were able to create a mayberry that was able to send so many of my generation out into the world and become successful men and women. when i came back to new orleans, i knew i wanted to create that. it was our responsibility to create that. to
to have an answer. you talk about the esthetic. i think for you as an artist. that s really a critical part of this, you have a bit of art imitating life going on here, right? starting in tremay where the city is working to recover. it is art imitating life. that s the role of life. what the thoughts are to the individual, where you reflect on who you are, where you ve been. where you hope to go. that s the forum of art. we reflect on where we are. that s something we grew up with in pontchartrain park. we were given a baton from that moses legacy where african-americans didn t have the access to affordable homes during segregation. because of their march for social justice, we were able to create a mayberry that was able to send so many of my generation
redevelopment corporation. housing is one thing, then i decided to also do food. let me ask you about the comprehensive piece. what we re seeing here, the spirit of the people of new orleans is the best thing, and yet i think you and i would both say we see these amazing nonprofits, these incredible entrepreneurs, people just doing work on the ground for six years. also often running smack into government another the local, state and federal level. how do we scale the spirit of people to something so that food desert your grocery store could be an amazing thing, but how do we make sure there s grocery stores in every corner. when i decided to create the food store and put them in the food deserts, where people don t have access to rich greens. the one thing i learned doing pontchartrain park, the interface of government can be tough.
nonprofit group kiva opened a program in new orleans. and in its first 24 hours, kiva said that all 14 small business projects seeking funding got all the money they were looking for. then there s people like actor wendell pierce. you know him from the wire. now he s a trombone player for treme. wendell pierce is the real thing. he was born and raised right here in new orleans. and ladies and gentlemen, he is the survivor spirit. and that is what makes wendell pierce the best new orleans thing. he is helping to rebuild the city around questions of politics, of economics. he s looking in his neighborhood. childhood neighborhood of pontchartrain park. as president of the