Community awareness and action are key to enacting solutionsArtwork by Diana Ofosu
As Howard Mielke makes his way down the streets of his tree-lined New Orleans neighborhood toward the Bayou St. John, his walk is careful and deliberate. The canal’s waters are calm and glassy, reflecting the wisps of clouds above, and revealing none of the dangers below where alligators sometimes lurk.
Mielke is a...