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 …
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 …
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 …
