Watch live video of Rising Tide 8 conference Saturday

Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, The Lens will live-stream the eighth annual Rising Tide conference.

Schedule

10 a.m.: Creating Community for Writers of Color: MelaNated Writers Collective

Moderator: Jarvis Q. DeBerry, editorial writer and columnist for NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune

Panelists:

• Jewel Bush, writer
• David Thaddeus Baker, associate/Web editor for The Louisiana Weekly
• Kelly Harris, founder of Poems & Pink Ribbons, a writing workshop for breast cancer survivors and their loved ones
• Gian Smith, artist and spoken-word poet

11:30 a.m.: Charter School Access & Accountability

Moderator: Scott Sternberg, attorney at Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer

Panelists:

• Steve Beatty, editor of The Lens
• Jaimmé Collins, attorney at Adams & Reese, which represents some charter schools
• Marta Jewson, freelance journalist covering charter schools
• Aesha Rasheed, board member of Morris Jeff Community School and founder of New Orleans Parent Organizing Network

I will live-blog this panel below.

1:45 p.m.: Presentation of the Ashley Award

2 p.m.: Keynote address by Lt. General Russel Honoré

3 p.m.: Beyond Tourism Beyond Recovery

Moderator: Charles Maldonado, The Lens

Panelists:

• Kevin Fox Gotham, professor of sociology at Tulane University
• Brice Miller, New Orleans jazz trumpeter and cultural engagement and public humanities specialist
• Meg Lousteau, executive director of the Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates
• Robin Keegan, professional planner at GCR Inc.
• Mark Romig, president and CEO of the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation

Live video

Live blog of charter school discussion