Indivisible NOLA

Tomorrow, July 15th: Eye on Surveillance monthly meeting, 6:30pm at Okay Bar.

Interested in learning about the surveillance apparatus in New Orleans and Louisiana? Want to build safer communities without dangerous racist surveillance tech? Have questions about digital security? Want to learn more about the insidious spy network Project NOLA and Police Drones? Join us.

New Orleans belongs to all of us.

It’s the cultural heart of Louisiana and a city that helps drive our state’s economy. It’s also home to the people who make this place unlike anywhere else.

What’s happening now didn’t start with a loan request. For years, Jeff Landry has used the power of the state to challenge New Orleans’ ability to govern itself. Few examples illustrate that more clearly than what happened to Calvin Duncan.

Calvin helped win the fight to end Louisiana’s Jim Crow-era non-unanimous jury law, despite opposition from then-Attorney General Jeff Landry. When Duncan was later elected Orleans Parish Criminal Court Clerk with 68% of the vote, state lawmakers abolished the office he had just won.

Now Baton Rouge is using New Orleans’ finances as its next point of leverage. The city withdrew its request for a temporary loan after it became clear the state was prepared to reject it. New Orleans is now working through a recovery plan that includes $20 million in budget cuts, delayed projects, and temporary furloughs, while state leaders continue threatening other sources of city funding.

This has never been about one loan or one election. Not even one politician. It’s about whether the people of New Orleans get to choose their own future.

We stand with New Orleans. ⚜️

For the first time in Louisiana history, registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats.

Voter registration is the foundation of every election. Take a minute to make sure your registration is current, that your information is accurate, and you’re ready for the next election.

Visit GeauxVote.org to check your registration, update your information, or register to vote. Then share this post with someone who should do the same.

Every voter counts. Every election matters. ⚜️

Tonight, you can be a part of the virtual screening of VS Goliath: Cancer Alley, followed by a Q&A on the communities living with petrochemical pollution in St. James Parish.

The panel features Sharon Lavigne, founder of RISE St. James, along with Shamyra Lavigne-Davey, Darryl Malek-Wiley, and moderator Bill McKibben.

This is a chance to listen, learn, and better understand what environmental justice means for communities right here in Louisiana.

Tonight, July 7
8PM ET / 5PM PT
Register: bit.ly/VsGoliathJuly7

This Saturday at 2PM, we’re joining NOSHIP and a broad coalition of local organizations to demand an end to the Trump administration’s endless wars.

There is no freedom in war. There’s no greatness in apartheid. And there’s nothing patriotic about putting profit over people.

Meet at Lafayette Square. March to Jackson Square.

📍 Lafayette Square → Jackson Square

🗓 Saturday, July 4

🕑 2PM

Show up. Bring water. Bring a friend. ⚜️

Weekly events are no longer ongoing; see Louisiana Deserves Better website for upcoming activity.

Weekly events are no longer ongoing; see Louisiana Deserves Better website for upcoming activity.