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St Bernard Schools Collect 2,000 lbs of food! Community Center of St Bernard 2008-11-29 3:32 PM

Private and public schools in St Bernard Parish collected more than 2,000 lbs of food during November 2008. This food will be given to low-income families at a local food pantry. (image/jpeg)

Toy GiveAway on Dec 21 Community Center of St Bernard 2008-11-29 3:28 PM
Toys will be given out on Dec 21 from 1PM - 3PM at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi (text/plain)

New Book about Katrina (Diary From the Dome) Paul Harris 2008-11-29 9:34 AM

Just published in 2008, this book details my experience trapped in the Superdome and the special treatment our group got by getting smuggled out prematurely to the Sports Arena and then the Hyatt. It's a study in sociology, racism, psychology and disaster preparedness with an emphasis on the Bush Administration's criminal negligence. % of profits to go to CommonGroundRelief. (image/jpeg)

VA Announces Hospital Plan for Lower Mid-City Darwin 2008-11-26 4:38 AM

City officials and LSU still working to pull together controversial LSU hospital plan. Hundreds of Mid-City homes will be demolished from area. Big Charity still closed. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

"Angola 3" Member to Be Released On Bail After 37 Years Coalition to Free the Angola 3 2008-11-26 3:28 AM
Albert Woodfox, who has spent 37 years in prison at Angola Penitentiary, must be released on bail, according to a ruling issued today by United States District Judge James Brady. On September 25th, Judge Brady overturned Woodfox's conviction for the 1972 murder of prison guard Brent Miller. Though the State has announced its intention to appeal that decision, until such an appeal is successful, according to today's ruling, there is no conviction on which to hold Woodfox. (text/plain)

Street Medic Training Noah 2008-11-25 8:26 PM
Want learn how to help when people are hurt? Want to be prepared to support communities in struggle? (text/plain)

New Orleans Ranked as “Most Violent” City by CQ Press Darwin 2008-11-25 4:40 AM
Little Discussion of Structural Violence, Poor Government, and Increasing Inequality Accompanies Sensationalistic Press Reports (text/plain)

Angola update Janet Gilles 2008-11-24 7:17 PM
Yesterday the prison isolated the two imprisoned Black Panthers, including Albert Woodfox whose conviction was recently overturned by a federal judge. (text/plain)

Malik Rahim honored with 2008 Thomas Merton Award Pat LaMarche 2008-11-18 5:53 PM

Malik Rahim, the Green Party candidate challenging Rep. Bill Jefferson for the 2nd district's seat in the U.S. Congress on December 6th, has been named the 2008 Thomas Merton Award recipient. He received the award last week in Pittsburgh, PA. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Free Family Fun & Service Day on December 6 Community Center of St Bernard 2008-11-14 11:12 PM
A Free Family Fun & Service day will be held on December 6, 2008 at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi. (text/plain)

Walk to Fight Hunger on Thanksgiving Day! Community Cenrter of St Bernard 2008-11-14 11:10 PM
A CROP walk to fight hunger locally and worldwide will be held at Torres Park, Chalmette Louisiana on November 27 at 11 AM. (text/plain)

Aro to read from "The Rapture" at Blue Cypress Books on Sunday, 11/16 Michael Parker 2008-11-12 5:35 AM
Michael Aro reads from his new satirical novel "The Rapture." (text/plain)

St Bernard Thanksgiving Celebration Planned Sharon Ober 2008-11-08 5:07 PM
The Thanksgiving Celebration in St Bernard Parish will be held on November 27, 2008. Events include a CROP walk in Torres Park and a free Thanksgiving Dinner at the St Bernard Civic Center Grand Ballroom. (text/plain)

Help Save New Orleans' Charity Hospital and the Adjacent Mid-City Historic Neighborhood Jeffrey Brite 2008-11-06 1:59 PM
Time is of the essence on Charity Hospital and the surrounding neighborhood. Decisions may be made as early as this Friday that will decide the fate of the VA and the neighborhood. (text/html + 7 comments)

Three Years and Sixty Nine Days: Obama's Victory As Seen from New Orleans Darwin BondGraham 2008-11-05 5:38 AM

Tonight New Orleans is ringing with the sounds of celebration. Having endured the brunt and brutality of the Bush administration's neoliberal economic agenda and neoconservative political agenda more heavily than any other community in the United States, the city has begun a party like only this town knows how to throw. The sounds of ship horns along the Mississippi River blasting in jubilation mix with cars honking along the main avenues. Cheers of hooray resonate across the town from victory parties at bars and crowded households. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Brandon Darby Formerly of Common Ground is a Snitch theredpill 2008-10-30 6:37 AM

This is reposted from www.twincities.com about half way through it drops a bombshell. Brandon Darby is an FBI informant. He always rubbed me as agent provocateur. Hmmm. (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

Summary of City Master Plan, Zoning and Citizen Participation Changes CBNO/MAC, NPN, APA 2008-10-28 6:52 AM
Citizens for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee (CBNO/MAC) have prepared a two-page, plain English summary of the amendment, in concert with NPN and the Louisiana chapter of the American Planning Association. It does not take a position on the amendment; it simply summarizes what it says and how it changes the charter. The vote for or against the amendments to the city's charter will be on the November 4, 2008 ballot. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Solidarity with Starbucks Workers Ends with Arrest Matt Olson 2008-10-28 6:30 AM

More than a dozen people marched in the streets of New Orleans Sunday evening with a “Starbucks Stop Your Union Busting Now!” banner in solidarity with Starbucks baristas across the nation. At the end of the action, police unlawfully arrested one protester for allegedly "interfering" with officers who were detaining a fellow demonstrator without cause. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Indigenous Peoples Day: Southern La. Tribes Hurting from Gustav and Ike Matt Olson 2008-10-21 2:59 AM

A panel of legal experts, social justice organizers and local indigenous leaders came together to reclaim what is normally "Columbus Day." (image/jpeg)

Alumni Association Strongly Opposes Plan to Shutter Carver High School Carver HS Alumni Association 2008-10-15 9:43 PM
The School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, a city-wide plan for the placement of schools and land-use of school-district property, proposes that the George Washington Carver Senior High site, a pillar of the ninth ward community, be landbanked, which is urban-planning speak for “closed”. Carver’s alumni association strongly opposed both the landbanking of the Carver property and any effort to relocate the school to another site. (text/plain)

Mirliton Festival joe light 2008-10-10 5:46 PM

Food, music, crafts, and a view of Bywaterites, all on a Saturday, November 8, 2008. And only $5 ($1 for members of the Bywater Neighborhood Association) (image/jpeg)

Pie in the Sky: Downtown Development District Presents Land (and Sky) Use Plans Darwin BondGraham 2008-10-08 5:11 PM

N.O. Council member Stacy head officiated the DDD meeting and was praised as a consensus builder by developers and preservationists alike for providing leadership toward a solution that addressed the concerns of both parties. Head, well known for her leadership in the demolition of public housing touted the DDD plan as one that put an “academic background and expert opinion around the issue,” and provides various stakeholders with influence over the final reports recommendations. This was in stark contrast with her leadership during the debate over the future of public housing when she eschewed attempts to forge common ground between those who sought homes for residents of the “big four” developments, and those who advocated immediately tearing down the developments: head was adamantly for demolition and entertained zero discussion with public housing residents and their allies about how to provide immediate affordable housing opportunities for working class New Orleanians. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

ACORN, Public Housing & Post-Katrina New Orleans Mike Howells 2008-10-06 11:41 PM
Why didn't the movement to stop the demolition of the Big Four public housing developments in New Orleans attract the active support of ACORN? Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer of ACORN while the N.O. public housing struggle unfolded, blames the estrangement of his organization from the public housing movement, above all else, on anti-ACORN sectarianism. This article examines that charge. It also examines ties that ACORN developed, post-Katrina, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) and the Rockefeller Foundation, two decidedly pro-demolition entities. The conclusion here is that the leadership of ACORN placed a higher priority on maintaining friendly and lucrative ties with HUD and the Foundation than it did on defending the Right of Return for public housing residents. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Wall St. Bailout Protest mike howells 2008-10-04 8:59 PM
Opponents of the Wall St. bailout and Louisiana Representative John Labruzzo's scapegoating of the poor for the financial crisis picketed the New Orleans Federal Reserve on October 1st. The protesters also presented proposals to address the current economic crisis through direct government assistance to the working and middle classes. (text/plain)

Never Again: Lessons from La.'s Gustav Evacuation STAND report 2008-10-04 5:48 PM
STAND AND EVACUATED NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS RELEASE SHELTER CONDITIONS REPORT AND GAIN CITY SUPPORT FOR RESIDENT DEMANDS (application/pdf)

Oct 4: Vote NO on Orleans Jail Bond Proposition Matt Olson 2008-10-02 4:21 PM
Even without the $63 million bond, the sheriff’s office will still receive $188 million of construction/renovation funds from FEMA. The money is raised through the Orleans Law Enforcement District, which was created in 1989 and has no accountability to local or state governments. Vote NO to a tax-raising measure that the people have no control over how it is spent. (text/plain)

School Master Plan Strongly Criticized, More Public Input: Part Three Matt Olson 2008-09-28 2:21 AM
PART THREE OF THREE: The School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, released in mid-August, received its first hearing for public comment on Thursday September 18, 2008. (audio/mpeg)

School Master Plan Strongly Criticized, More Public Input: Part Two Matt Olson 2008-09-28 12:56 AM
PART TWO OF THREE: The School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, released in mid-August, received its first hearing for public comment on Thursday September 18, 2008. (audio/mpeg)

Conviction Overturned After 36 Years in Solitary For 'Angola 3' Member Albert Woodfox Coalition to Free the Angola 3 2008-09-28 12:46 AM
In response to a federal judge's decision overturning the conviction of Albert Woodfox, one of the two 'Angola 3' members who remain in prison, lawyers for the men called on the State Attorney General's office to drop any further charges and release the men immediately. (application/pdf)

Reproductive Justice Feminist Response to La. State Rep. Sterilization Plan WHJI and NO Women's Health Clinic 2008-09-28 12:19 AM
The Women’s Health & Justice Initiative and the New Orleans Women’s Health Clinic condemn Representative John LaBruzzo’s recent legislative plans to pay poor women to get sterilized and reward rich, educated people to have children. The sterilization policy currently being advocated by Representative LaBruzzo is a blatant form of reproductive violence and population control (application/rtf)

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