Rebuilding Our Village NOLA

03/20/2023

Lede New Orleans is hosting “Therapy 101 for Black Folks” tomorrow at 6pm-8pm! Join them + mental health experts to gain resources on how to kickstart your therapy journey with your lived experience as a Black person in mind! Reserve your FREE spot here👉🏾 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/therapy-101-for-black-folks-panel-and-group-discussion-tickets-575003700547

Next week! We’re hosting ~free~ community events as part of our “Get Ya Mind Right” exhibit. Events kick off next Wed, March 15, at 6PM, with a sound bowl healing workshop led by Spiritual Goddess Mimi. Come learn a new wellness technique and build community!

Other events include:

⭐ Thu, March 16 at 6PM ➡️ Panel & Discussion: Breaking from the Shackles of Trauma
⭐ Sat, March 18, 4-7PM ➡️ Grand Opening Event
⭐ Tue, March 21 at 6PM ➡️ Panel & Discussion: Therapy for Black Folks

Click here to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lede-new-orleans-32603901827

📸 Photo by Mandy Ortiz

10/26/2022

From an organization that is diversifying and increasing the number of people in New Orleans who learn to sail boats (Community Sailing New Orleans), to an organization that teaches young people how to play chess (Strategic Thoughts NOLA), to an organization advocating to make bus fare free for people 24 and under (Ride New Orleans), there’s no limit to the solidarity that is strengthening the people within the Greater New Orleans area! Be sure to check out the tagged organizations.

Thank you to all the organizations (both pictured in this post and not pictured) that spent part of their Saturday sharing how they’re uplifting families and youth with their program offerings and services!!

Saturday’s event was organized in partnership with the Youth Justice Advocates Coalition. Check out the orgs that make up the coalition👇🏾
Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children
The St. Charles Center for Faith + Action
Ubuntu Village NOLA
Center for Restorative Approaches
New Orleans Youth Alliance
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
Upfrom Herenola

10/20/2022

Happy Youth Justice Action month! New Orleans Youth Alliance Fellowship Alumna Deja Jones and Alexis Reed and NOYA Fellowship Coordinator Ahmaad Lott have been working hard the past few months in collaboration with the Youth Justice Advocates Coalition to organize a series of events for Youth Justice Action Month!

Today 2022 NOYA Fellow Nakeshia Buckner presented at a city council special presentation alongside Louisiana Center for Children's Rights leaders! She shared where investment is needed for young people and highlighted young people as leaders and consultants.

This Saturday we will host our Block Party:Resource Fair! Join us for face painting, spacewalks/bounce houses, a small grocery distribution, and activities at organizations’ tables. If your organization would like to participate, please email Deja at [email protected]

Lastly, please join us for a FREE screening of followed by a panel discussion at New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History Wednesday, October 26 at 6pm! To RSVP, please email Tamika McDonald at [email protected]

10/11/2022

Happy Youth Justice Action month! We are working all month long to uplift New Orleans youth and families leading up to our Family Block Party: Resource Fair. Come join in the fun and meet many of the youth and family programs New Orleans has to offer!

We’re seeking more organizations to table at our even and volunteers to help the day of the event! Please contact Deja Jones at [email protected] if you’re interested in tabling, volunteering, or have questions!

Thank you The St. Charles Center for Faith + Action, Ubuntu Village NOLA, and Louisiana Center for Children's Rights for collaborating with us to organize this event! Major shoutout to NOYA Youth Leadership Fellowship Alumni Deja Jones, Ahmaad Lott, and Alexis Reed for developing this event the past few months! 🙌🏾🤩

08/22/2022

We surveyed organizations that endorsed our policy platform through signed petitions to learn how they’re implementing restorative justice practices in their work. Click to read their responses! Thank you to all the orgs for making these efforts! 👏🏾

Beloved Community
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
Dancing Grounds
Louisiana Green Corps
New Orleans CYPB
Upturn Arts
NOLA Public Schools
Center for Resilience

🧏🏾‍♀️Let us know in the comments how you will apply restorative justice practices in your community!

🧑🏾‍💻Click the links in our bio to read the full policy platform and sign our petitions!

06/30/2022

Join us July 18 at 6pm as we share our insights on making New Orleans a safe and thriving community! This event is a collaboration with the New Orleans Platform for Youth Justice, a coalition of youth-focused organizations. We welcome parents, teachers, youth, activists, advocates, city and state leaders to attend! RSVP to attend via the link in our bio. Email [email protected] for questions.

05/02/2022

How are youth and young adults doing, what are their immediate needs, and how do they feel about the way local media depicts them? Join us TONIGHT via Zoom at 5pm CST to learn the answers to these questions from New Orleans Youth Alliance Fellow J. Christopher Johnson (Affirmed through Confirming Tabernacle of Truth) and Fellowship Coordinator Ahmaad Lott (Ahmaad Lott)! Click the link in our bio to access the Zoom link!

03/23/2022

During our radio interview with WBOK 1230AM, NOYA (New Orleans Youth Alliance) Fellow J. Christopher Johnson (Affirmed through Confirming Tabernacle of Truth) addressed divestment in education, training programs, and employment opportunities as root causes to young New Orleanians financial instability and thus the need for a universal basic income.

Click the link in our bio to sign our petition for a universal basic income program to be implemented for young people ages 14-24 in New Orleans!

03/23/2022

Last weekend we interviewed New Orleans Youth Alliance Fellow and Tulane University Emergency Management grad student Joshua Young alongside his dad, Mr. Joe, about counseling and other resources needed for youth and essential workers during times of natural disaster. Click the link in our bio to read our policy recommendation for increased access to mental health services citywide and in schools and to sign our petition! Stay tuned for the release of our video interviews!

🎥 videographer: Ahmaad Lott
🎬 interviewer and creative director: Alexis Reed

02/15/2022

NOYA Fellow, Alexis Reed (), shares her thoughts on the flaws of crime reporting and the importance of having the New Orleans Youth Master Plan (YMP) implemented during our interview with .1230. The YMP includes strategies from community members and youth to prepare young New Orleanians to prosper and prevent the safety and justice issues we’re hearing about today.

Want to learn more about the YMP? Click the link in ’s bio.