What’s the Context? An Analysis of New Orleans, the City of Contradictions
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
16-5-2019
End Date
16-5-2019
Abstract
The Cross-Cultural Leadership Program (CCLP) is about giving students the opportunity to immerse themselves in different cultures and leadership styles from around the world and reflect on how they relate to one another. This year, we went to New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is known for its music, Mardi Gras, culture, history and the adversity faced post Hurricane Katrina. During our immersion trip, we prioritized gaining as much information as we could from local citizens, leaders, professionals and government officials to increase our own cultural competency. One example would be our service project with the Trinity Community Center (TCC). At the TCC, we got the opportunity to gain cultural insight from leaders within the community. We were able to follow them on a tour throughout neighborhoods which shined light on the plight of living within the suburbs of New Orleans. During the same tour, we also got to converse and meet with many local residents and learn about their different experiences which inspired our presentation’s title and focus. The title of our SOURCE presentation is, “What’s the Context? An Analysis of New Orleans, the City of Contradictions”. The focus will be how the different, sometimes conflicting, ideals of leaders within New Orleans were able to respond to crisis in a unified way. Through our experiences, we analyzed three main leadership traits that every community member displayed: Unity, Resilience, and Perspective. Our project will show how these leadership characteristics were utilized and ultimately, inspired others to spearhead change around them.
Recommended Citation
Arce, Aubrey, "What’s the Context? An Analysis of New Orleans, the City of Contradictions" (2019). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 208.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/208
Department/Program
Leadership Studies
What’s the Context? An Analysis of New Orleans, the City of Contradictions
Ellensburg
The Cross-Cultural Leadership Program (CCLP) is about giving students the opportunity to immerse themselves in different cultures and leadership styles from around the world and reflect on how they relate to one another. This year, we went to New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is known for its music, Mardi Gras, culture, history and the adversity faced post Hurricane Katrina. During our immersion trip, we prioritized gaining as much information as we could from local citizens, leaders, professionals and government officials to increase our own cultural competency. One example would be our service project with the Trinity Community Center (TCC). At the TCC, we got the opportunity to gain cultural insight from leaders within the community. We were able to follow them on a tour throughout neighborhoods which shined light on the plight of living within the suburbs of New Orleans. During the same tour, we also got to converse and meet with many local residents and learn about their different experiences which inspired our presentation’s title and focus. The title of our SOURCE presentation is, “What’s the Context? An Analysis of New Orleans, the City of Contradictions”. The focus will be how the different, sometimes conflicting, ideals of leaders within New Orleans were able to respond to crisis in a unified way. Through our experiences, we analyzed three main leadership traits that every community member displayed: Unity, Resilience, and Perspective. Our project will show how these leadership characteristics were utilized and ultimately, inspired others to spearhead change around them.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/208
Faculty Mentor(s)
James Barnett