Organizer’s Clipboard – posts of thoughts and tips relevant to social justice, movement building and community organizing. Sometimes there will be posts about current events and others will be tips and tools for the work. Each time will be informational and (hopefully) entertaining.
Over the past few months, especially the past few days, the word justice has littered my social network pages in response to the various killings of unarmed civilians*. As a career community organizer, whose field of work is often described as social justice, I have given this word justice quite a bit of mental time. […]
This Thing Called Justice Read More »
Much ado has been made in our post-racial America about the use of code words to mask the true racial undercurrent. You know, urban and inner-city when what is meant is Black. We see it all the time and the only novelty these days is that we are now post-racial and supposedly beyond such things.
Code Word: Community Read More »
In late June, I participated in NPN’s Equity Breakfast discussion about equity, inclusion and economic growth in the City of New Orleans. Interestingly enough, just about a week later I moderated a town hall panel discussion on Inclusion in the Silicon Bayou as part of the Essence Festival’s #YesWeCode Hackathon. The focus of the hackathon
Does New Orleans Have a Future in STEM? Read More »
A few weeks ago Alliance Institute partnered with Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training (VIET) to put on a health fair. A primary focus of the fair was the introduction of four of our other partners that are bringing health services to New Orleans East; a community with the highest density of Vietnamese families in the
Why Jasmine Rice? (A Lesson in Culturally Competent Organizing) Read More »
Around 1997-1998 I was introduced to the internet; prior to that, I considered the internet to be some white people stuff (note: at the time, I didn’t use the term stuff). Once I’d been exposed, I became evangelistic about letting everyone I knew that they had to get online or get left behind. Roughly around
The Looming Health Care Divide Read More »
To celebrate the opening of the RFK Lafitte Medical Clinic in Jean Lafitte, LA and the expansion of health care services along the Gulf Coast, Alliance hosted a lunch reception at Acme Oyster House on July 29, 2013 with the Robert F. Kennedy Center and Jefferson Community Health Care Centers. Alliance Institute is proud to
RFK LAFITTE CLINIC GRAND OPENING RECEPTION AT ACME OYSTER HOUSE Read More »
On Sunday following the Trayvon Martin verdict, as part of a Facebook thread (started by me), I posted the following quote, paraphrasing Frederick Douglass (be warned – this is a major paraphrase!), “Power concedes nothing without struggle and once the vigilance of struggle subsides, will seek to re-impose the comforts it once enjoyed.” There are
Frederick Douglass, Justice, and Trayvon Martin Read More »
Greetings all and welcome to our blog! Each week I will be posting thoughts and tips relevant to social justice, movement building and community organizing. Sometimes there will be posts about current events and others will be tips and tools for the work. Each time will be informational and (hopefully) entertaining. The topics will serve
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