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Transition Task Force
Please join us as the Youth & Families Transition Task Force, along with Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu, seeks feedback from the afterschool community and the public.
This meeting will be held next Wednesday, 4/7, 6pm at John Mc Donogh High School, gym, 2426 Esplanade Avenue. In preparation for the meeting please review 10 for 2010 and send in your thoughts, concerns, and questions for our city leaders to info@gnoafterschool.org. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you!
Congratulations…
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our New Orleans Saints, our Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu, and our beloved city! It is a wonderful day to be a New Orleanian and we are energized to continue our work improving the lives of all our children and youth.
Everything is possible, join us!
Housing & Transportation Mayoral Forum
Last night’s mayoral forum focusing on housing and transportation at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in Algiers, provided a glimmer of the political fireworks that have largely been missing from the forums thus far. With apparent front-runner Mitch Landrieu absent, several of the candidates leveled both subtle and outright attacks at his candidacy and even his desire to be mayor. Republican Rob Couhig, who has been Landrieu’s harshest critic in the debates, continued his jabs, alleging that Landrieu was…
WVUE Mayoral Forum
WVUE Mayoral Forum: 1/28/2010
The most recent mayoral forum, held at Tulane University and broadcast live on Fox, was by far the most intensive and revealing of the many public forums held so far during the campaign. Immense credit is due to the debate moderator, John Snell, who pushed the candidates far more on vital issues concerning New Orleans than moderators in previous forums. Instead of asking a question and then allowing the candidate to respond without any follow-up,…
Summer Grants
Unified Summer Grants Collaborative application is available now; contact summer@gnoafterschool.org for more info. Deadline to submit grants is 2/22 and submission is PAPER-FREE.
Delgado Mayoral Forum
Monday’s mayoral forum at Delgado Community College proved to be a somewhat staid affair. Whether due to the Saints’ victory the night before or the debate’s inconvenient start time of noon, only four of the six leading candidates made it to the event, with both John Georges and Mitch Landrieu absent. In front of a sparse audience, the candidates repeated many of the same talking points (and jokes) they’ve delivered at previous forums across the city.
The focus of the…
Who Dat for Kids?!
Dear Friends – I hope you all were wearing your “Who Dat for Kids?” t-shirts and watching last night as the New Orleans Saints clinched a spot in the Super Bowl for the first time in the franchise’s 42 year history! It was an amazing moment that lifted the spirits of New Orleanians far and wide! We now are preparing to meet New Orleans native Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7th! For those…
Education Town Hall
So what did we learn from the mayoral town hall on education Thursday night at Warren Easton Senior High School? Well for one, we learned that all six candidates are at least talking the talk on making education and kids a top priority in their administration. Whether this is mostly campaign posturing or a legitimate sign of hope for New Orleans’ youth remains to be seen. But it was refreshing to hear Mitch Landrieu, Troy Henry, and James…
Mayoral Forum Survey
Thank you to everyone who participated and attended our Youth Forum for Mayoral Candidates on 1/5! We are incredible proud to be a part of this movement, pushing youth issues to the forefront during our local election season.
If you were able to attend, please take a minute to complete our short survey on the Forum. Your feedback will help shape future events.
Youth Rally
On Saturday, 1/23 we gathered with youth organizations from around New Orleans at Lafayette Square for a Youth Rally featuring youth speakers and performances centered on local youth issues and concerns. The Rally was an important time for youth to make their voices heard and encourage the community to work towards creative and effective solutions. We finished the Rally with a march to City Hall. Thanks to all our community partner for making this such a successful day!
