community impact series

Community Impact Series: Justice And Accountability Center Working To Reform Criminal Justice System

Ian McNulty — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000

In the wide-ranging effort to reform the New Orleans criminal justice system, this new nonprofit works for more equal access to expungements of criminal records to help people get jobs and move on after release.

Community Impact Series: Boat People SOS Helping Communities Recover From Katrina And BP Oil Spill

Ian McNulty — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:24:00 +0000

An organization formed to help people fleeing the Vietnam War establish themselves in the U.S. is now helping a Gulf Coast community deal with the impact of much more recent history.

Community Impact: Orleans Place Matters Using Data For Neighborhood Advocacy

Ian McNulty — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:24:00 +0000

From crime and jobs to education and local history, a new program is analyzing how factors in our neighborhoods and closest to home impact life in New Orleans, and it's giving residents the data they need to petition for positive change.

Community Impact Series: National Alliance on Mental Illness

Ian McNulty — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:25:00 +0000

Family members are often the first to notice signs of mental illness in a loved one, and in many cases they hold the key to unlocking treatment. One local nonprofit is helping them cope with the impact of mental illness on the whole family and showing them how to be better advocates for the long haul.

Community Impact Series: BreakOUT Organizing LGBT Youth as Advocates

Ian McNulty — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:17:00 +0000

How one local group is organizing LGBT youth as advocates for their own community.

Community Impact Series: Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association

Ian McNulty — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:20:00 +0000

A high school student shows up at her community center for homework help and a few years later she's an advocate for reforming her community's public schools. That's just the latest chapter for a nonprofit tapping the potential of young leaders in New Orleans East.

Jazz Pianist Ellis Marsalis; YAYA; Lifelike at NOMA

Diane Mack — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000

This week on Inside the Arts, we'll talk with renowned jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis. Then we'll journey to NOMA for a look at Lifelike, an exhibit designed to fool your eye, and we'll tell you about a youth arts group that's bringing a new program to communities on the front lines of the state's coastal crisis, using art as a vehicle for change.

Something Old, Something New; The Yat Dictionary; Tekrema Center; Camilla Franklin

Diane Mack — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:50:40 +0000

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It's a Wonderful Life; Jacques Thibaud Trio; Emerging Philanthropists and A Christmas Carol

Diane Mack — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:30:00 +0000

This week on Inside the Arts, we'll travel back in time to the 1940's for a live radio drama of the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life. The New Orleans Friends of Music present the acclaimed Jacques Thibaud Trio with flutist Eugenia Zuckerman. During this season of giving, we'll explore the art of philanthropy, and Southern Rep presents a unique look at Ebenezer Scrooge.

Community Impact Series: Puentes New Orleans

Ian McNulty — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:20:00 +0000

As the area's greatly-increased Latino population settles in, a nonprofit aims to bridge divides of education, economic opportunity and political access in their new home.