BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
— Angela Davis
Join the movement to co-create a community-designed policy that addresses Black New Orleanians’ needs for equity and liberation!
Building Community Power is a collaborative policy design series that confronts our community’s major concerns with radical imagination.
Each of these monthly two-day meetings will be held in a different New Orleans neighborhood and focus on a different issue. Every meeting is an opportunity to #PlugIntoYourPower in the fight against efforts to repeal our rights with oppressive and racist legislation.
Up next in Building Community Power:
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Building Community Power: Criminal Justice, presented in partnership with Bar None, will focus on the ways we can reclaim our justice system and ensure it works for everyone, especially communities that have been historically marginalized.
BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER
FULL SCHEDULE
THE SESSIONS
Decades of discrimination, neglect, and natural disasters have created a devastating affordable housing crisis in New Orleans that is displacing long-time residents and tearing apart communities.
Join our Housing Rights design session to envision a New Orleans where everyone has access to safe, stable, and affordable homes.
Friday, June 21 | 5 pm - 8 pm
Saturday, June 22 | 10 am - 3 pm
TEP Center
5909 St. Claude Ave
HOUSING RIGHTS
In New Orleans, Black residents have higher rates of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and poor mental health due to historic disinvestment. This has led to a 15- to 25-year deficit in life expectancy between Black communities and the city’s wealthier, whiter neighborhoods.
Join our Health Equity design session to envision a healthy, equitable New Orleans.
Friday, July 19 | 5 pm - 8 pm
Saturday, July 20 | 10 am - 3 pm
New Orleans East Hospital
5620 Read Blvd
HEALTH EQUITY
After Katrina, the city's public school system underwent major changes, including the widespread adoption of charter schools. This has led to challenges around accessibility and quality of education for many students, particularly those from Black communities.
Join our Education design session to envision a New Orleans where all children have access to a high-quality public education.
Friday, August 16 | 5 pm - 8 pm
Saturday, August 17 | 10 am - 3 pm
Elan Academy
6501 Berkley Drive
EDUCATION
Economic justice in New Orleans remains an ongoing challenge. The city has historically faced issues of poverty, inequality, and lack of access to economic opportunities, especially for the Black artists that contribute to the city's billion-dollar tourist industry.
Join our Economic Justice design session to envision a New Orleans where everyone can thrive financially.
Saturday, September 21 | 10 am - 3 pm
The Wisdom Center
1359 St. Bernard Avenue
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Join our Building Community Power: Climate Justice design session to collaborate with passionate advocates, experts, and fellow changemakers to imagine a world where communities thrive in harmony with the environment, equipped with the tools they need to combat climate change and advance sustainability.
Saturday, November 16 | 10 am - 2 pm
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
CLIMATE JUSTICE
DATE TBD | 10 am - 3 pm
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Building Community Power: Criminal Justice, presented in partnership with Bar None, will focus on the ways we can reclaim our justice system and ensure it works for everyone, especially communities that have been historically marginalized.
