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“I think three meals a day and snacks and everything else is required if you’re trying to get us out of here,” Alphonzo Cutler said at the state-sanctioned houseless encampment on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
Posted inHousing

State officials remove unhoused people from tourist areas ahead of Super Bowl, advocates protest

Avatar photo by John Gray January 15, 2025January 16, 2025
A relocation notice posted in front of a makeshift shelter at the Earhart encampment on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Those living at the underpass will be transported to the Transitional Center on Wednesday (Jan. 15).
Posted inHousing

Ahead of the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, Gov. Landry’s administration to relocate unhoused people living near tourist areas

Avatar photo by John Gray January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
“Violence is not going to shut us down,” said Claudia Copeland before the Krewe of Joan of Arc Parade in the French Quarter on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Posted inCulture

Days after attack, Carnival season kicks off with Twelfth Night parades

Avatar photo by John Gray January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Posted inCommunity

Bourbon Street attack resources: For survivors, victims and volunteers

Avatar photo by John Gray January 3, 2025January 31, 2025
Cornell Watson (left) and Curley Dempsey (center) serve a person who is unhoused during the second annual Feed the Homeless event at the Earhart Boulevard Encampment, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
Posted inHousing

Organizations serving people who are unhoused prepare for the community’s holiday needs

Avatar photo by John Gray December 23, 2024December 23, 2024
Valrice Cooper (left) wraps Silas Houston’s hands before his fight at the Silver Gloves State Tournament in Gentilly on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.
Posted inCommunity

At Louisiana state boxing tournament, displays of mentorship and skill

Avatar photo by John Gray December 16, 2024December 17, 2024
“I [became] homeless, not by drugs, not by choice,” Doug Parish told Verite News. “It just happened.” Parish stands in front of his tent at the state-sanctioned encampment on Earhart Boulevard on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Posted inHousing

Gov. Jeff Landry’s encampment sweeps cause ripple effects in New Orleans’ unhoused population

Avatar photo by John Gray December 4, 2024April 22, 2025
The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club has started elevation work to prevent future flood damage at their clubhouse on N. Broad St.
Posted inEnvironment

Progress underway on Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club’s flood mitigation project

Avatar photo by John Gray November 20, 2024November 20, 2024
The reading group will meet at Southern University of New Orleans in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Science (AHSS) Building room 111 on Friday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.
Posted inEducation

New Orleans HBCUs organize Saidiya Hartman reading groups in preparation for visit from scholar

Avatar photo by John Gray November 15, 2024November 15, 2024
Antonia Mar leads protesters throughout the Central Business District on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.
Posted inNews

PHOTOS: Activists march through Central Business District to protest Trump after he wins second term

Avatar photo by John Gray November 7, 2024November 13, 2024

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