NPN History
In the months following Hurricane Katrina, the Neighborhoods Partnership Network emerged as a series of meetings between neighborhood groups. It became evident in those early days that a collaborative space for neighborhoods was necessary to maximize the potential of community rebuilding efforts in New Orleans. Since the summer of 2006, NPN’s spirit of transparency and neighborhood collaboration has strengthened New Orleans communities.
We now host monthly forums, workshops, and trainings for neighborhood activists and leaders; we publish a monthly community newspaper aptly titled, ‘The Trumpet,’ for its role as an amplifier of neighborhood voices, and launched our Neighborhood Liaisons outreach program that connects NPN staff with neighborhood groups. In addition, our Government and Institutional Liaison connects neighborhoods with government and nonprofit agency information.
Board Members:
- Phil Costa - Board Chair, City Park Neighborhood Association
- Patricia Jones - Treasurer, NENA Lower 9th Ward Executive Director
- Deborah Langhoff - Steering Committee District 5 Lakeview, Lake Vista Neighborhood Association
- Amy Lafont - Mid-City Neighborhood Association
- Latoya Cantrell - Broadmoor Improvement Association, President
- Lynn Aline - Baronne Street Neighborhood Association
- Dorian Hastings - Central City Renaissance Project Manager
- Julius Lee, - Pine Timbers Neighborhood Improvement Association
- Victor Gordon - Pontilly Neighborhood Association
- Kim Henry - Oak Park Neighborhood Association
- Nikki Najiola - Gentilly Civic Improvement Association
Staff:
- Timolynn Sams, Executive Director
- Mario Perkins, Accounting and Business Development
- Gill Benedek, Program Manager
Americorps Staff:
- Ted Hornick, Editor-in-Chief of The Trumpet
- Alethia Picciola, Art Director
- Mia Partlow, Events and PR
- Shawn Chollette, Government Liaison
- Elizabeth Falcon, Membership Coordinator
- Jules R. Goins, Volunteer Coordinator and Tulane Liaison
