‘We Free’: Imagining a world without youth prisons
As her image soars above New Orleans on billboards, an FFLIC artist and youth activist explores what it means to practice freedom as a daily responsibility
Tag: New Orleans
Behind The Lens: Palestinian villages and New Orleans ties (audio)
KIPP Morial bus assault video renews questions over New Orleans school bus safety
His mother, shocked to see a viral video of her fifth-grade son being punched on the bus, said the school failed to notify her about the incident.
Rooted in 7th Ward Black history, The Black Schoolhouse opens new youth art and design hub
Constructed from corrugated steel shipping containers and fitted with solar panels, the sustainable 2,000-square-foot schoolhouse holds digital art classrooms, a gallery, a combination library and meditation room, and an outdoor fruit tree orchard.
Recognition is powerful. Accountability is even more powerful.
Sometimes, being recognized for the community work you do gives you a moment to pause and ask an even bigger question: What happens when that same community needs its leaders to stand up for what’s right?
When a giant falls, how do we honor him?
After the passing of Jerome “Big Duck” Smith, how must we as a community honor his legacy?
The Voices in Our World: “I See Potential in My Life”
A series by Louisiana for Children’s Rights, in partnership with The Lens, that elevates the voices and experiences of Black youth currently or formerly detained in the Orleans Parish juvenile jail
As one in five Louisiana families lose SNAP, N.O. schools brace for free lunch impact
More than 90% of Orleans public schools automatically offer free breakfast and lunch to all students due to high SNAP enrollment rates. With Louisiana SNAP cutting 1 in 5 recipients, school cafeterias could also be serving fewer free meals.
Katrina 21: Care forgot. We didn’t.
Twenty-one years after Katrina, New Orleans is still here — not because we can take a beating, but because we keep choosing one another.
Climate denial is not an option: Louisiana needs the political will to act
New Orleanians left with only our tenacity after Hurricane Katrina 21 years ago, stepped up with ingenuity and solutions. Now it’s up to our elected officials. If they don’t step up soon, we will lose the most important city in the nation.
