B37AcV Blight, Flooding, New Orleans, Water Issues

From Blight to Bioswales

December 12th, 2018

Action on Bartholmew Street in the Upper 9th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans to address blight.

We are demanding a long-term solution to prevent blight in our city on overgrown lots and to prevent flooding through the use of raingardens or bioswales.

ACV is working with LSU to create bioswales to prevent flooding and reduce blight. These bioswales provide a way for the lots to be maintained and kept safe, as we wait for more families to return and build in the community. At the same time, they provide the benefit of reducing street flooding that comes with climate change and failing pumps.

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B37AcV Housing, Jobs Campaigns, Lake Charles

Great Success at the Lake Charles Housing & Community Fair October 27th, 2018

 

Thanks to the following participants:

CSE Federal Credit Union

MidSouth Bank

Merchant & Farmers Bank

Pedestal Bank

First National Bank

First Federal Bank

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury  & Calcasieu Parish Human Services

Pridestaff

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

SWLA Law Center

City of Lake Charles

Lutricia Cobb Real Estate

Jacquetta White, Keller Williams Realty Lake Charles

 

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B37AcV Lead Poisoning

Latest Reports & Tips Unveiled by Local Lead Experts, Activists for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week – Take the FRIGHT out of the Fight for Clean Lead-Safe Living

Take the FRIGHT out of the Fight for Clean Lead-Safe Living event at 2221  St. Claude Avenue by Louisiana’s Roundtable for the Environment, a coalition of local self-described “Lead-Heads”. The event will open at 1:00 p.m. and will also highlight National Lead Poisoning Prevention week, a national event to promote public awareness of and services for prevention lead poisoning.

Take the FRIGHT out of the Fight for Clean Lead Safe Living

   Thurs. Oct 25  at   1pm

2221 St. Claude Avenue

Hosted by nonprofits: A Community Voice that works with low/moderate income families, Dr. Adrienne Katner of LSUHSC, Dr. Howard Mielke of Tulane/Xavier, LSU Lead Study Coordinator Komal Brown, Gail Fendley, Executive Director, Michelle’s Earth Foundation, we will have materials from the timely and free Louisiana Healthy Homes and Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (LHHCLPPP) lead removal project, and will feature lead poisoning art by students from Arise Academy,

A Community Voice Board Secretary Debra Campbell “Lead poisoning is a crisis for black, brown, Vietnamese and all residents in New Orleans and many communities throughout the state of Louisiana.  It is now ranked as killing as many people as tobacco—talk about scary! Because it is invisible, we don’t know about it.  Please join us in working on lead poisoning prevention throughout the year. Get a certified water filter for your faucet now—they cost under $30. Paint all visibly chipping spots now.  We must continue to press Sewerage and Water board to replace the lead lines they placed to our homes as whip lines and in the mains throughout the city.  We can learn about the invisible killer, we can do this!”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-poisoned-generation/527229/do this, and celebrate Halloween with fun and good cheer.”

Resources for lead safety and the prevention of lead poisoning will also be available for community members and can be found at Fair Grinds Coffee House, 2221 St. Claude through October 31, 2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-poisoned-generation/527229/

https://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2016/03/lead_crisis_flint_new_orleans.html

https://thelensnola.org/2018/06/29/children-in-new-orleans-may-have-had-false-lead-test-results/

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/researchers-say-lead-levels-in-local-water-very-concerning/289-154614279Facebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail

B37AcV Voting

What’s On the Ballot? ACV PAC Recommendations for Amendments November 6th

1. Prohibits felons from running for office for five years.

No

2. Requires a unanimous jury verdict for felony trails.

Yes

3. Allows political subdivisions to exchange public equipment and personnel.

Yes

4. Ends the dedication of revenue from the Transportation Trust Fund to state police.

Yes

5. Allows special assessments for certain property tax increases due to reappraisal.

Yes

6. Provides for a phase-in of certain property tax increases due to reappraisal.

Yes

7.  Propositions (click to view full text)

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B37AcV Uncategorized

Beulah Labostrie Community Organizing Hero

We can never put into words how much Beulah meant to us at ACORN and  A Community Voice. She was the spirit and embodiment of all that we are . . . our values, why we do this work  and what we hope for the future.  We would like to celebrate her life and work.

Here is just some of her legacy . . .

Beulah Labostrie was a self described “Social Justice Fighter” and leader in the nation’s largest community organization, ACORN, representing the southern region on ACORN’ Executive Committee.  In 1977 she began as a neighborhood member of the Fair Grounds ACORN group, she then went on for two decades to rule as President of Louisiana ACORN, when she retired to become President Emeritus of the group and its successor organization A Community Voice.  Under her leadership the group became the largest community organization in the South as it battled housing/banking discrimination and her negotiations with banks created landmark programs for affordable housing.  In New Orleans 2002, she mobilized a successful living wage ballot initiative, led a winning fight to stop privatization of the Sewerage and Water Board and in 2005 began a tremendous campaign that fought for the funding, return and rights of Hurricane Katrina survivors.  She led picket lines, registered hundreds of voters, formed coalitions and worked tirelessly to organize and to show “the fight in us.”  A Community Voice has an award named the Beulah Labostrie Social Justice Fighter Award.  Revered in her organizations she made her love of people apparent as was true of her work with her beloved church.

Statement from Lanny Roy, President of A Community Voice

“I am honored to have served alongside Ms. Beulah Labostrie for over 40 years, first in Louisiana ACORN and then A Community Voice, fighting for justice for low to moderate income families in Louisiana and across the world. Her tireless efforts to fight for the fair and equal treatment of all people has always been an inspiration for me in my work. We will continue to honor and feel her with us as we keep fighting for social justice.”

A Celebration of Beulah’s life will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at The Asia Baptist Church, 1400 Sere Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122. Visitation from 9:00a.m-11:00a.m. Service will begin at 11:00a.m. Reverend Kenneth G. Thibodeaux, officiating.

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