from facebook: Please register in advance here: https://tulane.zoom.us/.../regi.../WN_qzhKDUD6S36ZK-LYYMCzgw The New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and A Studio in the Woods present a virtual discussion with National Book Award winner and 2016-18 Gulf South Writer in the Woods Edward Ball and Tulane historian Dr. Laura Rosanne Adderley about Ball’s book, "Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy", which addresses painful truths of America’s racist past and present, engages with...
Mar 29, 2021•22 min
Louisiana Survivors for Reform will host a Trauma Informed Advocacy Workshop on Wednesday, March 3rd at 6 pm for people who have experienced harm, crime survivors, and victim-survivors on the basics of delivering public testimony and to give survivors some tips on telling our stories to policymakers how we want to. LSR believes that advocacy can be a form of healing. Making policy and budget processes more accessible to survivor involvement is crucial to comprehensive criminal justice reform. Th...
Mar 03, 2021•7 min
Dr. Denise Frazier and Dr. John "Ray" Proctor discuss Women and Movement #8: African American Women Affecting the Arts in New Orleans, taking. place Friday, February 5, at 11AM CST. Registration link at bottom of description. Music Rising at Tulane presents Women and Movement #8: African American Women Affecting the Arts in New Orleans Five African American women will discuss how they are navigating their specific artistic mediums and working with their communities during this unprecedented time...
Feb 01, 2021•21 min
Denise Frasier and Theo Hilton discuss this upcoming event. "Join Gulf South Writer in the Woods Ladee Hubbard and culinary historian Jessica Harris for a discussion of Hubbard’s new novel, "The Rib King" on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 6pm CT. Hubbard works to deconstruct painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America in this intricately woven and masterfully executed historical nov...
Jan 25, 2021•12 min
From the Alliance for Affordable Energy website: "Thousands of New Orleanians have called for a 100% renewable energy powered city, green jobs and environmental justice. And yet, Entergy and the private consultants who advise the City Council on regulating Entergy (out-of-state firms Dentons and Legends) continue to play profiteering politics with New Orleans’ future." "The Energy Future New Orleans (EFNO) Coalition works for a REAL- Renewable, Equitable, Affordable and Liveable- energy system a...
Jan 15, 2021•18 min
Interview with Denise Frazier, assistant director of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South Gulf South Writer in the Woods, a program of A Studio in the Woods and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, supports the creative work, scholarship and community engagement of writers examining the Gulf South region. Specifically, this year we aim to support BILAPOC Speculative Fiction writers working in prose, poetry and stage/screenwriting. Special consideration will be given to southern voices...
Jan 05, 2021•12 min
The Seaway Movement: A Lecture by Richard Campanella Monday, December 7 6:00PM-7:15PM CST Registration Link: https://tulane.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xElF_smgSkm1wG3A0YWrWA New Orleans Center for the Gulf South invites you to our annual Monroe Lecture with geographer Richard Campanella. Campanella is associate dean and senior professor of practice in Tulane University's School of Architecture. In this illustrated talk, Campanella explores two rival shipping canals of the West Bank, one dug by ...
Dec 07, 2020•15 min
Theo interviews Eye On Surveillance member Renard Bridgewater about Wednesday's #SurveillanceAintSafety Press Conference www.eyeonsurveillance.org https://www.facebook.com/keepaneyeonsurveillance https://www.facebook.com/events/1300171500381828/
Oct 06, 2020•16 min
(from New Orleans Center for the Gulf South website) Women and Movement #7: Agitators, Policymakers, and Dismantlers in New Orleans October 08, 2020 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM Uptown Campus Featuring Lisa D. Alexis, Jennifer M. Williams, Hannah Kreiger-Benson, Angela Tucker Women and Movement #7: Agitators, Policymakers, and Dismantlers in New Orleans will be a panel of women who are at the intersection of affecting change in New Orleans cultural policy. All three panelists and moderator have shifted, d...
Oct 05, 2020•24 min
Interview with Sultana Isham and Denise Frazier about Sultana's talk titled "Bloodflow: Memory and the Racialization of Sound and Gender." October 1, Noon Central Time. https://tulane.zoom.us/j/95171961851 (from Sultana's facebook page) this thursday! this lecture is a follow up to my essay, 'bloodline,' that I published 2 years ago where I merged ethnomusicology w/ a psychoanalysis of memory & ancestral trauma. my research has expanded into more disciplines in pursuit of providing a portrai...
Sep 30, 2020•26 min
Theo interviers retired Hon. Judge Calvin Johnson about the New Orleans People's DA Coalition and their upcoming candidate forum. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-peoples-da-coalition-candidate-forum-tickets-121408322561
Sep 23, 2020•15 min
Baristas from the Still Perkin' Coffee Shop on Prytania Street have been on. strike since May 16, demanding PPE, hazard pay, and federally mandated paid sick leave. Charlotte, one of the striking workers, describes conditions at Still Perkin' and the path these workers see forward.
May 28, 2020•13 min
(from announcement) STRIKING SANITATION WORKERS, CITY WASTE UNION, I AM A MAN PRESS CONFERENCE MONDAY, MAY 18TH, 11:00 A.M. STEPS OF CITY HALL, NEW ORLEANS NOTE: Wear masks and social distance You are invited to a press conference with striking workers, the City Waste Union, City officials, unions, community and religious organizations. 70% OF COVID 19 DEATHS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY SANITATION WORKERS SAY DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE With 70% of Covid 19 deaths in the Black Community in New Orleans now ...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Theo Hilton interviews Grace Treffinger and Serra Torres from Cattail Cooks about healthy food and mutual aid during Covid-19.
May 06, 2020•26 min
Theo Hilton speaks with Sade Dumas and Bruce Reilly about COVID-19 concerns for incarcerated people in New Orleans and around Louisiana, the urgent need for fewer people and more medical professionals inside prisons and jails, and New Orleans en banc protocol to keep manyincarcerated people safe by releasing them during natural disasters. More info about VOTEs advocacy is at https://www.instagram.com/vote_nola . Folks can also follow https://www.instagram.com/powercoalition
Mar 20, 2020•21 min
Theo Hilton speaks with Jayeesha Dutta from Another Gulf is Possible about their Covid-19 Community Resources site https://anothergulf.com/covid-19communitycare/?fbclid=IwAR1Op4icmJREq1f6Nv3-ny3QvTIWWoad_xF9EZm9EffSa690ccju-V8s43o
Mar 19, 2020•12 min
Interview with Denise Frazier and Maura Sullivan about the third annual Tulane Indigenous symposium--NOW POSTPONED TO MARCH 2021. https://www.tunicabiloxi.org/third-annual-new-orleans-center-for-the-gulf-south-indigenous-symposium/ (from Tulane bios) Denise Frazier is assistant director of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South. A scholar, educator, violinist, and Gulf South native, she describes herself as “fascinated by this region,” and “enthusiastic to work with other people who are excit...
Mar 18, 2020•21 min
https://www.efno.org/ https://350neworleans.org/
Mar 11, 2020•23 min
www.healthygulf.org
Mar 11, 2020•29 min
Interview with Anna Anderson, Jules Griff, and Gahiji Akhil Lumumba Barrow from the New Orleans Independent Police Monitor's Police Mediation Program. The program is currently recruiting new mediators, who are asked to mediate at least 5 disputes per year. https://nolaipm.gov/
Feb 19, 2020•20 min
Theo Hilton interviews artists Abdi Farah, Akasha Rabut, Ashely Teamer and Dapper Bruce Lafitte, along with printers and show organizers Cora Lautze and Julian Wellisz. Through the lens of high school football, acrylic nails, black-hair trends, and marching bands, respectively, these four New Orleans artists examine and portray identity as personal, political, communal and distinctly New Orleanian. Cora Lautze and Julian Wellisz comprise What Editions - a New Orleans based print-production studi...
Feb 07, 2020•18 min
Cashauna Hill is the executive director of the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center. Their Fit For A King summit takes place Thursday, January 16, 2020 from 9AM-3PM at the New Orleans Jazz Market. https://fitforaking.org/lafhac-2 https://lafairhousing.org https://www.facebook.com/fitforakingband/
Jan 15, 2020•12 min
From the website: Nia Weeks is the Founder and Executive Director of Citizen SHE United, and advocacy group in Louisiana that is building an aligned base of Black Women who inform, advocate for and enact a collective policy agenda to address the needs of Black Women across the state. She is the former director of Policy and Advocacy at Women With A Vision located in New Orleans Louisiana. Nia is a native of New Orleans, and has spent years fighting for the rights of women, children, and families...
Nov 20, 2019•21 min
FROM THE N2A WEBSITE OUR VISION: We envision a world in which families and communities are not divided by systems of incarceration and in which we all work collectively to fight mass incarceration, and other interconnected systems of oppression, to create a just world for everyone. OUR MISSION: Nola to Angola organizes an annual bicycle ride to Angola Prison to support and fund the Cornerstone Builders Bus Project, which connects families to their incarcerated loved ones. We also organize a shor...
Oct 16, 2019•16 min
Interviews with Stand With Dignity organizer Alfred Marshall and 350 New Orleans organizer Renate Heurich about current campaigns and major events this week.
Sep 25, 2019•32 min
Interview with Wiggy, Toni, and Alaina from the Real Name Campaign. The Real Name Campaign is a grassroots effort to make legal name and gender marker changes more accessible in Orleans Parish. They are hosting a fundraiser dinner Thursday, September 12 at 125 N. Carrollton. Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1634856293314347/ Petition here: https://saymyname.typeform.com/to/YsFj5E
Sep 11, 2019•14 min
Interview with Alliance for Affordable Energy director Logan Burke about their upcoming Renewable Portfolio Symposium https://www.facebook.com/events/2133373293620782/ From All4Energy Website: "Want a Renewable-Powered New Orleans? In response to community voices like yours asking for a clean and affordable energy future, a process is underway to develop the first Renewable Portfolio Standard in the region. A coalition of local and national advocates are working together on a plan that ensures e...
Jun 12, 2019•25 min
From website: "Founded in 2004 by New Orleans artists and activists, PATOIS has premiered hundreds of powerful social justice-oriented films from around the world while highlighting brilliant local filmmakers and vital grassroots organizations. PATOIS is dedicated to nurturing the New Orleans' human rights community, supporting the work of organizers and organizations involved in these struggles, and providing a forum for artistic expression of local and international issues." https://www.brownp...
Mar 22, 2019•12 min
Holodeck Heart is a Seattle and Portland based Indie-Queer-Star-Trek-Fan-Fiction Band led by the Queer/Trans dou Angeline (Fear Kittens, Vegan Seagull) and Korel Ponti-Foss (The Waltz Invention, Lesbian Lover Duo aka BiSexual Boyfriend). Formed officially in 2014, HH started out of a friendship and mutual love of watching Star Trek to get through the deep anxiety and depression of the Bush era. Though HH writes love songs based in the Star Trek Universe, the songs are accessible to the Trek love...
Mar 15, 2019•3 min
Holodeck Heart is a Seattle and Portland based Indie-Queer-Star-Trek-Fan-Fiction Band led by the Queer/Trans dou Angeline (Fear Kittens, Vegan Seagull) and Korel Ponti-Foss (The Waltz Invention, Lesbian Lover Duo aka BiSexual Boyfriend). Formed officially in 2014, HH started out of a friendship and mutual love of watching Star Trek to get through the deep anxiety and depression of the Bush era. Though HH writes love songs based in the Star Trek Universe, the songs are accessible to the Trek love...
Mar 15, 2019•2 min
