Rachel’s Network 25th Anniversary Spring Meeting:
Growing a Just Environmental Future
New Orleans, LA
March 24-28, 2025
The Gulf South is a vibrant region that faces many environmental challenges including petrochemical pollution, rising sea levels, and extreme weather. The communities most impacted by these issues are the same that have survived generations of enslavement, discrimination, and genocide, and built a national movement for civil rights.
Today, women are at the forefront of a new resilient and just vision for the South. Join Rachel’s Network to hear from these leaders and network with fellow advocates. We’ll also honor Catalyst Awardees at an anniversary dinner and explore opportunities to support environmental justice in this historically underfunded region. The program will end with a day trip to environmental projects outside New Orleans.
About the Property
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, the Lower Garden District, with its quiet and walkable oak tree-lined streets, is not far from the fun and frolic that defines New Orleans. Hotel St. Vincent honors the legacy of Margaret Gaffney Haughery, a philanthropist and caretaker who devoted her life’s work to the poor and hungry. She built orphanages throughout the city, including the building where Hotel St. Vincent is today.
Guests will enjoy the quirky historic charm and updated amenities of this beautiful space including a pool, restaurants, coffee shop, and creative networking spaces.
Registration + Lodging Options
Open to Rachel’s Network members and invited guests
Member Ticket Prices:
- Early Bird $3750 (Purchase by December 31, 2024)
- Regular Price $4000 (Purchase between January 1-February 14, 2025)
The meeting ticket includes:
- All programming and meals from the afternoon of Monday, March 24 through dinner on Thursday, March 27.
- A $100 land tax that will be donated to the Isle de Jean Charles band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe, the first federally-funded community to be displaced because of environmental degradation.
Individual Dinner Guest Tickets (nontransferable and nonrefundable):
These tickets are not required if you purchased a meeting ticket above. If you would like to invite a guest to any of our dinners, choose one of the options below.
- Monday, March 24, Reception Dinner at Hotel St. Vincent – $150
- Tuesday, March 25, Rachel’s Network 25th Anniversary Dinner at Hotel St. Vincent – $200
- Wednesday, March 26, Closing Keynote Dinner at Napoleon House (French Quarter) – $150
Lodging:
The event ticket does not include lodging. Please make your own lodging reservation at Hotel St. Vincent by calling 504.350.2450 or using their reservation website. The code to receive our reduced room rate of $205/night is RA0325. This room rate does not include sales tax, currently set at 16.2% per night.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Special events like this meeting involve the investment of non-refundable up-front costs. Because of this, we can only guarantee partial registration reimbursements for cancellation requests received within the following timeline:
- Cancellations on or before Wednesday, January 1, 2025, will be refunded 75% of each registration fee.
- Cancellations on or after Thursday, January 30, 2025, will be refunded 50% of each registration fee.
No registration refunds will be given for cancellations received after Friday, February 14, 2025.
All requests for registration refunds/cancellation must be emailed to programs@rachelsnetwork.org.
COVID-19 Health & Safety
We encourage all attendees of Rachel’s Network in-person events and guests of our meeting venue to get their seasonal COVID-19 and flu vaccines before attending this event. At this time, mask wearing is not required. These guidelines are subject to change.