As we mark the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Women With a Vision Executive Director, Deon Haywood, speaks to journalist Jordan Flaherty for the Laura Flanders Show, which streams from www.grittv.org.
In the interview Deon discusses the state of New Orleans on the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and how it’s all about the takeover — young, largely white populations are coming in, gentrifying and “cleaning up” the city, but where does this leave the native, largely black New Orleanians?
Read a transcript of the interview here and watch it below!