In The Movement

ManDate: This Limpwave grunge band from Seattle, Washington features Clyde Petersen, Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer and Lori Goldston. With a focus on extremely depressing events and horrible trends in cultural oppression, ManDate sings about the state of affairs in the world: the murders of people of color and transgender people, the changing landscape of Seattle, the gentrification around the world and queer safety and survival.

ManDate: This Limpwave grunge band from Seattle, Washington features Clyde Petersen, Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer and Lori Goldston. With a focus on extremely depressing events and horrible trends in cultural oppression, ManDate sings about the state of affairs in the world: the murders of people of color and transgender people, the changing landscape of Seattle, the gentrification around the world and queer safety and survival.

ManDate: This Limpwave grunge band from Seattle, Washington features Clyde Petersen, Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer and Lori Goldston. With a focus on extremely depressing events and horrible trends in cultural oppression, ManDate sings about the state of affairs in the world: the murders of people of color and transgender people, the changing landscape of Seattle, the gentrification around the world and queer safety and survival.

ManDate: This Limpwave grunge band from Seattle, Washington features Clyde Petersen, Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer and Lori Goldston. With a focus on extremely depressing events and horrible trends in cultural oppression, ManDate sings about the state of affairs in the world: the murders of people of color and transgender people, the changing landscape of Seattle, the gentrification around the world and queer safety and survival.

ManDate: This Limpwave grunge band from Seattle, Washington features Clyde Petersen, Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer and Lori Goldston. With a focus on extremely depressing events and horrible trends in cultural oppression, ManDate sings about the state of affairs in the world: the murders of people of color and transgender people, the changing landscape of Seattle, the gentrification around the world and queer safety and survival.

ManDate: This Limpwave grunge band from Seattle, Washington features Clyde Petersen, Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer and Lori Goldston. With a focus on extremely depressing events and horrible trends in cultural oppression, ManDate sings about the state of affairs in the world: the murders of people of color and transgender people, the changing landscape of Seattle, the gentrification around the world and queer safety and survival.

Fit For A King summit featuring Diane Nash, This Thursday, January 17th, 2019

NOWCRJ PRESS RELEASE: New Orleans, LA, January 11, 2019—Workers from across New Orleans will converge on the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Monday to declare a national emergency over President Trump’s war against workers, communities of color, immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community. The announcement coincides with President Trump’s appearance at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention and comes as President Trump’s shutdown over the border wall is forcing hundreds of thousands of federal workers to struggle with how to provide for their families. President Trump suggested on Thursday that he may upend the democratic process and constitutional norms to raid disaster relief funding, including money budgeted for Louisiana infrastructure projects intended to protect against hurricanes. The irony of cutting disaster prevention funding to pay for a manufactured crisis on the southern border is not lost on immigrant reconstruction workers who face the threat of deportation from Trump’s a

Interview recorded 11/20/2018. Today we’re speaking with Alaina Comeaux, who is Ishak and who organizes Bulbancha, Decolonized Walk of New Orleans. Alaina is an educator and began hosting the walk this Fall after hearing interest from numerous people. Interview discusses indigenous history in the area known as New Orleans, foodways, erasure, and ways of claiming space today.

From event FB page: FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION ON GENTRIFICATION AND RESISTANCE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO SOUTH AFRICA. This event is co-sponsored with Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, Gallery of the Streets, and Anti-Gentrification Action Group. Not In My Neighbourhood (86 minutes, 2018), directed by Kurt Orderson, Screening with the short film Displacement in Central City New Orleans (15 minutes, 2017), directed by Trupania Bonner. Discussion after the film featuring filmmakers Kurt Orderson and Trupania Bonner, urbanist and advocate Sue Mobley, and artist and organizer kai lumumba barrow, moderated by Charmel Gaulden. NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD FILM SUMMARY: Not in my Neigbourhood depicts citizens on the frontlines of intersectional struggles against gentrification in three cities. The film follows the daily struggles, trials and triumphant moments, as residents try to shape the cities they live in from the bottom up. Over 3 years South African filmmaker Kurt Orderson followed the anti-g

Interview with Dianne Jones, Fox Rich, and Sade Dumas about prison abolition, the incarceration of women, and how to bring change to the system. Their community town hall event, titled Ending the Incarceration of Women and Girls: How We Get There, takes place at First Grace Church on Saturday, July 21, from 1-4 PM. https://www.facebook.com/events/809473302585343/ http://wwav-no.org/ https://opprcnola.org/ http://www.foxrich.com/index.html

Chamblee-Ryan is the lead attorney on cases currently being brought against DA Cannizzaro's office, alledging that illegally they issued fake subpoenas to witnesses and victims of crimes in attempt to coerce statements directly to the DA's office, in addition to illegally detaining witnesses using material witness warrants. Hear about the past, present, and future of the case.

Interview with Miranda Yonta. Along with co-organizer Laura Ekua, Yonta is working on the Black Mama's Bailout Action, cosponsored by Southerhers on New Ground and local organization Women With A Vision. We talk about the bail system, courts and incarceration in Orleans Parish, and this action to bring Black Mamas (widely defined) home this mother's day.

Interview with Claire Beauchamp from European Dissent's Anti-Gentrification Action Group about their upcoming workshop. Want to fight for economically just, diverse communities, but aren't sure how? Worry that you are contributing to gentrification, but don't know what to do about it? Registration is free & will give you access to pre-event readings: RSVP at: https://goo.gl/forms/ENpRuMtfFv2DO0QQ2 -----////------////------////------////------////------////------////--- "Finding your place in fighting displacement: Building an anti-racist strategy" is a half-day workshop focused on individual and collective action that gentrifiers can take to mitigate our role in displacement while supporting development that benefits existing communities. We will explore these actions in the context of New Orleans' highly racialized history of gentrification. White people have disproportionately perpetuated and benefited from gentrification, and consequently have an out-sized responsibility to change its course. With t

Interview with Rontherin Ratliff, John Isiah Walton, and Carl Joe Wiliams from the Level Arts Collective, whose show, Inside Out: Reflections on incarceration in Louisiana, runs through May 6 at the Double Shotgun gallery. Info below. Featuring Keith Calhoun, Glenn Ford, Ana Hernandez, Maria Hinds, Chandra McCormick, Brandan Odums, Sheila Phipps, Rontherin Ratliff, John Isiah Walton, and Carl Joe Williams. April 14-May 6, 2018 Opening reception: Saturday, April 14, 2018, 5-8 p.m. Gallery hours: Saturday & Sunday 12-5 or by appointment Louisiana currently has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the United States (and the world), with 816 people in prison for every 100,000 residents. That’s nearly double the national average. Since the late 1970’s the number of people in prison has grown 30 times faster than the state’s population. While New Orleans celebrates its “Tricentennial,” Inside Out seeks to recognize our incarcerated populations and provide insights into their lived experiences. Every da

Interview with Nicky Gillies and Julie Connelly from NOLA to Angola about the organizations Bike Ride and Cookout for Prison Justice coming up Saturday, April 7th, starting and ending at City Park. More info at www.nolatoangola.org

Recorded March 13, 2018. Imani Jacqueline Brown discusses fossil fueled culture, the Fossil Free Movement, and the upcoming festival that will bring together folks involved in artistic, scientific, and political pursuits (lots of overlap already!) to talk about resisting oil and frankly assessing our own accountabilities in fossil fuel culture.

Ernest Johnson discusses Ubuntu Village NOLA, an organization with a mission "to provide programming that delivers social, economic, and transformational justice to children and communities" here in New Orleans. Their recently released report "Parents Fighting for Youth Justice" outlines experiences of parents and families of children in New Orleans' juvenile courts. It highlights three core issues: "lack of information and communication," "lack of respect for families," and "lack of effective rehabilitative services and policies." https://ubuntuvillagenola.org/

Episode 5: Renate Heurich and Logan Atkinson Burke from 350NOLA and Alliance for Affordable Energy by Cruisin Records

We speak with Jose and Rachel about Jose's experiences since coming to the United States from El Salvador fourteen years ago, including his decision to take sanctuary at First Grace, where Congreso is based. We also discuss Congreso's work and opportunities to participate.