New Orleans: changing landscapes, resilient communities
New Orleans and the surrounding communities have been threatened by environmental catastrophe, the devastating effects of climate change and environmental racism
Racial Equity
Our road to racial healing in New Orleans
Since 2017, millions of people and hundreds of communities have engaged in the National Day of Racial Healing.
Education
Changing America’s lunchroom culture: Q&A with Andrea Chen on the Healthy School Food Collaborative
Andrea Chen, CEO of Propeller, talks about nutrition in New Orleans schools, the Healthy School Food Collaborative research findings and implications for schools ...
Education
Louisiana makes early learning a top priority
For the past decade, Louisiana has been at the forefront of showing what happens when early childhood education is funded at previously unseen ...
Health
How to get a community vaccinated: Build trust
Known for its fisheries and casinos, the town of Biloxi, Mississippi has fully vaccinated about 90% of its Vietnamese American population due to ...
#IAmNewOrleans: Inspiring conversation and action
I Am New Orleans is a community-led campaign supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It focuses on inspiring conversation and action to create ...
Leadership
Local partners provide relief efforts to Ida victims
On Aug. 29 Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm, causing power outages and flooding across the ...
Education
Louisiana’s economic growth anchored in early childhood education
A new report from the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana argues that a quality early childhood education is the most important building ...
Policy
Rise up if you hear us
Two youth interns helped reform Louisiana’s juvenile criminal justice system by raising the age from 17 to 18 for youth being charged for ...
