232143 A Village Called Versailles

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 : 10:30 AM - 11:40 AM

Leo Chiang, Director/Producer , None, Walking Iris Films, San Francisco, CA
In a New Orleans neighborhood called Versailles, a tight-knit group of Vietnamese Americans overcame obstacles to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill. A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES is the empowering story of how the Versailles people, who have already suffered so much in their lifetime, turn a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Diversity and culture
Environmental health sciences
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the specific factors that made it both easier and more difficult for the Versailles community to engage in social justice. 2. Compare and contrast the engagement of the elders and youth in Versailles. 3. Analyze the decision to place the Chef Menteur landfill near the Versailles community. 4. Evaluate the effects of engaging in social justice activism on the Versailles community and identify the applicability on participants' own communities.

Keywords: Community Development, Environmental Justice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I produced and directed the film.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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