The letter writing and storytelling portion of is the “Love” and “Write” part of Love, Write Light.

But we knew that in honor of the 10 year anniversary and those we lost and left behind, there needed to be a call to action to these thousands of New Orleans lovers.

Three years ago, evacuteer.org, a community-based emergency preparedness non-profit, one that Mayor Mitch Landrieu calls “integral to the City’s emergency response plan,” successfully installed public art at each of the neighborhood pick up points for the emergency plan that replaced the Superdome and Convention Center as “Shelters of Last Resort.”

Reaching fourteen feet high, the 800 pound, stainless steel “Evacuspots” are located in every city council district. The emergency preparedness strategy is one based in awareness and visibility: the more people who know why the Evacuspots exist, and where they exist, the more people will know where to report during a mandatory evacuation. Since their installation two years ago, we’ve learned that they lose their visibility at night.

It’s time to change that.

And this is where the “Light” portion of Love, Write, Light comes in.

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