Meeting up at 8am at the Trinity Church at 5234 N. Claiborne (at Egania). Join us to help clean up the neighborhood.
Are Your Car Insurance Rates Way too High?
Did you know Louisiana now has the highest car insurance rates in the country?
A Community Voice is fighting back. Our President Lanny Roy has spoken to the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner and told him that it is unacceptable that safe drivers are continuously being punished with rate increases.
The Insurance Commissioner’s job is to protect us and make sure the rates are fair and that the insurance industry doesn’t have an unfair advantage over consumers.
We think the Insurance Commission isn’t doing their job by allowing one of the poorest sates to have the highest rates.
Please call the Louisiana Insurance Commission at 225-342-5900 or 1-800-259-5300 and let them know you are with A Community Voice and demand a readjustment on the car insurance rates for Louisiana drivers and a real plan to make car insurance rates affordable for residents.
A Community Voice Fights for Investigation of the Explosions Along the Industrial Canal in New Orleans
Please fill out this form if you have experienced the explosions along the Industrial Canal in the Lower or Upper 9th Wards. Every incident needs to be reported. And, we need pictures of any damages to homes emailed to info@acommunityvoice.org – with name, address & dates of pictures.
New Orleans Residents Fight Against a Proposed Gas Plant in New Orleans
New Orleans City Council 03-08-2018
It was a packed house at the New Orleans City Council meeting, as residents came out in force to stand up and ask their City Council members to think of the people before voting to approve the proposed Gas Plant in New Orleans East.
Major A Community Voice Victory on Formaldehyde
Hurricane Katrina survivors win court battle against feds on regulating formaldehyde
BY STEVE HARDY | shardy@theadvocate.com
Feb 16, 2018 – 3:33 pm
Hurricane Katrina survivors won a court battle involving FEMA trailers on Friday.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was to start regulating formaldehyde, a chemical used to treat wood products, in December. The chemical has been linked to nose and throat cancers as well as respiratory ailments.
However, the agency decided to postpone enforcement for at least a year, saying companies needed more time to prepare for the new rule.
The New Orleans-based group A Community Voice fought back, noting that Hurricane Katrina survivors were sickened by the formaldehyde used to manufacture components of the trailers deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for use as temporary housing.
“There is no simple ‘long-term fix’ for the side effects of formaldehyde poisoning, since the poisoning begins immediately. … So, the Formaldehyde Emissions Standards must be put in place immediately. We have waited far too long,” A Community Voice Vice President Vanessa Gueringer wrote in a statement issued Friday.
Jeffrey White, a federal judge in California’s northern district, agreed. He ordered the EPA and plaintiffs to report back March 9 with a timely plan to enforce the rule.
“At long last, the EPA will protect people from hazardous formaldehyde in everyday furnishings and building materials,” wrote Earthjustice attorney Patti Goldman, who represented the plaintiffs.
Since Katrina, FEMA has changed the type of temporary housing offered to survivors of natural disasters.
A Community Voice Wins Filters in New Orleans Schools
A Community Voice pressed this issue with the School Board, notably members Nolan Marshall and John Brown, and later at a school board meeting. In its September 17, 2017, in an official meeting, the OPSB committed to test its schools. 5 schools were separately tested based on a commitment made by the Principal at First Lines Schools to A Community Voice, who asked Dr. Katner to direct the testing. None of which showed significant lead in the water. The schools are: Green, Wheatley, B-Net, Clark and Ashe. Please see Dr. Katner’s analysis in this fine article, about the reliability of lead testing in water. In fact, local/international expert Dr. Howard Mielke states that over a long period of time, even the smallest amounts of lead can severely damage the brain. Adding certified faucet filters should be encouraged at all institutions and homes with appropriate replacement of spent filters, as indicated by the filter light.
Rally at New Orleans City Hall for Flooding Protections
August 19th, 2017
