“Community Mapping” and Preserving the Cultural Heritage of New Orleans
Lois DeJean
Reverend Lois DeJean is a gospel singer and voice teacher, and a community advocate in her hometown of New Orleans, LA.
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Gospel singer and voice teacher Lois DeJean discusses her “community mapping” initiative, which seeks to catalog and preserve the contents and cultural fabric of her New Orleans neighborhood, so that time, development, or another Katrina-level disaster will not wipe out the area’s history and heritage.