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Empowering families to advocate for themselves and their loved ones!

06/11/2026

You are not alone...link in the bio...

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we remember the freedom fighters history tried to forget. Before there was a United States worth saluting, there were men who gave their lives so that Black people could live free.

🙏🏿Toussaint Louverture — the self-liberated general who led enslaved Africans in Haiti to defeat the most powerful empires on earth, and died in a cold French prison cell in 1803 for the crime of demanding freedom.

🕯️ Nat Turner — who in August 1831 rose up in Southampton County, Virginia, and was hanged on November 11th of that year for daring to believe that God did not make him a slave.

🕯️ John Brown — the white abolitionist who raided Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, and went to the gallows on December 2nd saying, “I am worth now infinitely more to die than to live.”

They wore no U.S. uniform. No flag was folded for their families. No bugler played taps. But they died in a war for freedom — the longest war this country has ever fought.
This Memorial Day, pour one out for the ones who bled for liberation before it was legal to want it.
Their names. Our breath. Forever.

04/30/2026

TONIGHT. New Orleans, this one is for the people.🤍

The Pop-Up for Second Chances is happening tonight at the Haus of Fox & Rob — and the lineup is everything.
We’re sitting down with:

🎙 Calvin Duncan — Founder, Light of Justice
🎙 Hon. Marcus DeLarge — Orleans Criminal District Judge
🎙 Hon. Angel Harris — Orleans Criminal District Judge
🎙 William Most — Civil Rights Attorney
🎙 Syrita Steib — Founder, Operation Restoration

Live testimonies. Real conversations. A “TIME for Second Chances” panel with Fox & Rob. Vendors and authors who are returning citizens. All under one roof, in the heart of downtown.

This is Second Chance Month. This is what it looks like when directly impacted people lead.

📍 Haus of Fox & Rob — 336 Camp Street
🕕 6:00–9:00 PM
🎟 Free + open to the public — RSVP on Eventbrite

04/23/2026

It’s Thursday. You know what that means. 🖤

Tonight we gather — families, organizers, advocates, and anyone ready to turn legal awareness into freedom for the people we love.

This is the work.

This is the room.

This is the reason we say .

📍 1024 Elysian Fields, New Orleans
🕕 6–8 PM CST
💻 Can’t make it in person? Zoom link in bio.
Don’t just meet us there — beat us there.

04/15/2026

48 hours.
New Orleans to Vegas and back.
No sleep, no hesitation. Because when freedom calls, you answer. 🖤✊🏾

This week Participatory Defense Movement New Orleans & Louisiana linked up with our national hub and freedom fighters from across the country to stand up for — and baby, we showed up.

Shoutout to Mass Liberation Project for being a living, breathing example of what it means to fight and WIN. Two life sentences. Overturned. By a federal court. Now we demand his release — because the fight ain’t over ’til Ricky walks free. 🔥

04/13/2026

🌿✊🏾 It’s Second Chance Month — and we’re celebrating RIGHT here in New Orleans!

Join us for Pop-Up for Second Chances, an evening that centers the voices, victories, and resilience of formerly incarcerated men and women.

📅 Thursday, April 30, 2026
🕕 6:00 – 9:00 PM
📍 Haus of Fox & Rob | 336 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA

Come experience:
🎤 Live testimonies from justice-impacted men and women
🎬 A special “TIME for Second Chances” conversation with Fox & Rob
🛍️ Shop with vendors and authors who are returning citizens
This is MORE than a pop-up. It’s a movement. It’s proof that second chances change lives — and laws.

Presented by Rich Family Ministries. Free and open to the public.
Churches, community organizations, families, and allies — we want YOU there. 🙌🏾

🔗 [email protected]
📲 Fox and Rob Rich | Haus of Fox and Rob (HOFAR)
“Changing lives and laws through love.” 💚

04/11/2026

Please join us in wishing Lisa Smothers Finch a Happy Birthday. We love you, Lisa. 🖤

From over a decade of road trips to Angola together to SEVEN YEARS of founding PDMNOLA — you have never once flinched from the hard things. You just show up. For the families. For the fight. For us.

That’s who you are. Not just someone who cares, but someone who moves when others need it most. You lift. You step in. You stay.

There are very few people in this world so committed to the greater good of others — and I am so grateful I get to call one of them my cofounder, my fellow freedom fighter, and my friend.
We love you, Lisa. Happy Birthday. May this be the best year of life yet!🔥
— Fox & Rob

03/19/2026

It’s Thursday—time for our weekly hub meeting with ! 🔥

Don’t just meet us there—beat us there. Join us in person at 1024 Elysian Fields or virtually via the link in our bio. Another powerful session of the Participatory Defense movement is happening in New Orleans.

🕒 In person: 6–8 PM
📍 1024 Elysian Fields
💻 Virtual: Link in bio

It is our duty to fight for our freedom—and it is our duty to win. ✊🏽

03/05/2026

Hub Meeting Update 📢

Our hub meeting is cancelled this week.

We’ll be back next week and look forward to seeing everyone then!

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02/12/2026

Choosing joy in the midst of oppression has always been meaningful. It is how we resist erasure, honor tradition, and stay connected to one another.
In observance of Mardi Gras, tonight’s weekly meeting is canceled. Take the evening to celebrate, rest, or gather as you need, Happy Mardi Gras!
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Address

1024 Elysian Fields Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70115

Opening Hours

6pm - 8pm

Telephone

+13182948113

Website

http://www.pdmnola.org/, http://linktr.ee/foxrich

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