The feds threaten to withhold $2.2 billion from the massive effort to save and restore the state’s diminishing coastline if leaders don’t act soon.
Category: Community resources
Posted inOpinion
How much lead is in your water?
A New Orleans nonprofit will come to your home and test your household water
Posted inOpinion
Language Access in Bulbancha
Unless the city provides readily accessible translation and interpretation, true civic participation is impossible for New Orleanians who speak little or no English, the writers say.
Posted inOpinion
Tiếp cận Ngôn ngữ ở Bulbancha
Các tác giả cho biết: trừ khi thành phố cung cấp dịch vụ thông
dịch và biên dịch dễ tiếp cận, việc tham gia của công dân là
bất khả thi đối với những người dân New Orleans không biết
Tiếng Anh hoặc nói Tiếng Anh hạn chế.
Posted inOpinion
Acceso al Idioma en Bulbancha
A menos que la ciudad proporcione traducción e interpretación realmente accesibles, la participación cívica plena es imposible para los habitantes que hablan poco o nada de inglés en Nueva Orleans, dicen los autores.
Posted inEnvironment
Environmental Forum: Sharing Our Stories
On Tuesday, May 7th The Lens and Hip Hop Caucus will present an Environmental Justice Media Roundtable focussing on Louisiana Climate Change. The event, Environmental Forum: Sharing Our Stories, will feature local media outlets and community activists. Each panelist will share an environmental story that is important to their community and how they did this […]
Posted inEvents
Join us April 18 for a new event: Breaking Bread, Breaking News
New Orleans and South Louisiana have a rich tradition of gathering, and food plays a major part in bringing people together. When people gather and eat, they inevitably talk about the issues of the day. For many people that means what is happening in their own backyards. Local news as it were.
Posted inCommunity resources
Join us March 21 to learn how to find public records related to criminal justice
The event will take place from 6 to 7:30 on Thursday, March 21, at Propeller.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Back to ‘the lion’s den’ – violence interrupters to re-start street gun-violence interventions, as city partners with University Medical Center
The city’s proposed new contract with UMC — which goes before the City Council on Thursday — summarizes its purpose very simply: “New Orleans faces a severe epidemic of gun violence. Hospital-based violence-interruption programs are evidence-based interventions that can reduce shootings and preserve health and life.”
Posted inCommunity resources
New Orleans neighborhood power restoration estimates as of Saturday, Sept. 4
Majority of customers restored in: B.W. Cooper Black Pearl Carrollton UnitedCarrollton/Riverbend, CBD along PoydrasCentral CarrolltonDixonEast CarrolltonGert TownHollygroveIbervilleLeonidasMaple AreaMarlyville-FountainbleauMarrero CommonsPalm AirUpper AudubonUptown Triangle Restoration for most customers estimated to be complete by: Sept. 4 Along Canal St.Bayou St. John Broad CommunityCity ParkCountry Club GardensGarden DistrictKellerLafayette Square Lafitte GreenwayLakeshore/Lake VistaLakeviewLakewoodLower Garden DistrictMid-CityNavarreParkviewPontchartrain PointSmall portion of New Orleans […]