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Public Education Week 2019- Thank You!
Whether you tuned in or came to an event, we hope all attendees and participants enjoyed public education week. Thank you to all of our speakers, presenters, attendees, and community partners. Stay tuned for more resources, recaps, and #PolicyforthePeople.
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Thanks for Your Support!
A huge THANK YOU to the community for showing up and out for Public Education Week. OPEN's events are free and open to the public because we believe the community should have full access, information and support in their public education system. Help us continue the work of community engagement in public education by donating to OPEN today!
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Orleans Public Defense Budget Hearing
Orleans Public Defenders request your support at their budget hearing on Thursday October 31st.
Pack the council chambers, submit a card in support of full and equitable funding! Hearings start at 9 a.m.
You can also join Orleans Public Defenders at the Secondline for Equal Justice on November 2nd. The second line will start at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court at noon and end at Kermit's Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge at 4 p.m.
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Sign the Statement of Support to Increase Funding for Quality Early Care and Education
The future of New Orleans depends on our city’s investment in our children. The New Orleans Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and its partners have petitioned Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans City Council to take actions over the next year to create dedicated annual funding in the city budget for high-quality ECE for children, birth through age three. Click here to see the full sign-on letter of support. To sign on, please email Jillian Delos Reyes at JillianR@UnitedWaySELA.org
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OPSB Meeting Schedule
Don't let policy changes come as a surprise! Stay up to date with decisions and events in Orleans Parish Schools at Orleans Parish School Board meetings.
- November 2019: Committee Meeting, November 19 /Board Business, November 21
- December 2019: Committee Meeting, December 17 /Board Business, December 19
Did you know? The full 2019 Meeting Schedule, guidelines for public comment, and agendas are available online!
Can't make it to the meeting? Tune in via livestream!
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Become a Power Voter
While there are many ways we can change Louisiana’s system for the better, the first and most important is to become actively engaged in the political system. That means becoming a Power Voter. Take the Power Voter Pledge and vote, participate in the upcoming census, and hold your elected officials accountable.
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City of New Orleans Submits Its First Human Rights Report to the United Nations
The City’s newly established Office of Human Rights and Equity has submitted its first independent report to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. The United Nations uses the Universal Period Review (UPR) process to collect information from local human rights organizations around the world. Youth involvement with the criminal justice system was an area of specific concern, specifically around youth interactions with law enforcement, zero-tolerance policies in schools, and juvenile detention practices and conditions. Read the report here.
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Rethink Presents Wednesdays with Whit!
Tune in to Wednesdays with Whit, presented by Rethink! Learn more about the Rethink Mandate and hear discussions about solidarity and internationalism. Listen and subscribe here.
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SNAP Recipients May Apply for Replacement Benefits for Food Lost Due to Tropical Storm Olga
More than 71% of SNAP participants in Louisiana are in families with children. Share with families in your networks to support our students in coming to school healthy and ready to learn!
Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may be eligible for replacement benefits for food purchased with SNAP benefits and lost due to Tropical Storm Olga, if they report their loss to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) by Thursday, Nov. 7. SNAP recipients must apply for replacement benefits.
To Apply
- Complete and sign the SNAP 38 Form
- Submit it in one of the following ways on or before Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019:
If you cannot complete and submit the form by Nov. 7, call 1-888-524-3578 by Thursday, Nov. 7, and provide your parish, dollar value of food loss, length of time without power, and within 10 days of reporting the loss to DCFS by phone call, send your completed and signed SNAP 38 Form to DCFS, as described above.
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FFLIC Education Advocacy Toolkit
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On October 21, 2019 Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated launched its Education Advocacy ToolKit with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. To learn more about the toolkit, or to download a copy, click here.
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New study outlines why New Orleans teachers leave, and provides a plan to get them to stay
Between the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, for instance, 29% of the city's teachers didn't return to their jobs — resulting in 900 classroom openings that had to be filled, according to the group New Schools for New Orleans. Education officials are working on a plan to find and keep quality teachers. Among other things, the plan seeks to create a stronger brand to attract new hires to New Orleans schools and to reduce overall attrition by 5 percentage points by 2022. Read the full article here.
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Many parents are confused about how public education now works in New Orleans, report says
According to a report from the Cowen Institure, many parents still don't understand how it all works. The report also found that nearly half of public school parents surveyed think the local school system has neither improved nor gotten worse since charter schools came on the scene. Read the full article here.
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Jobs, Events & Opportunities
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FREE Webinar! Standing with Puerto Rico: Uniting Diverse Struggles for Education Justice
Despite a virtual media blackout in the mainland U.S., grassroots groups have built links of solidarity and support with education justice movements in Puerto Rico. Schott grantee partner Journey for Justice Alliance (J4J) has been at the forefront of this work, most recently inviting organizers from Puerto Rico to its conference in Chicago and sending a delegation to witness and support the struggle firsthand. Come with questions, insights, and calls to action! To register, click here.
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Music Educators PD Clinic: Teaching Strategies for Empowering Learners
Join veteran music educators Herman J. Jones and Keith Hart for a dynamic Professional Development Clinic designed to give music educators time-tested ways of structuring learning for student success! The event is geared toward upper elementary and middle school music teachers and band directors, but high school teachers are welcome to attend. To register, click here.
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#PutHousingFirst March and Rally
Show up to City Council Chambers October 31st and November 1st and demand that our elected officials #PutHousingFirst!Please call your Councilperson and the Mayor’s Office and ask them to build more units, dedicate funds to homelessness, and enforce short term rental policies!
Also, join the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance for the #PutHousingFirst March on November 2nd. Formation starts at 10:30 a.m. at Taps II Restaurant and end by 1 p.m. at A.L. Davis Park with a rally & DJ Brice Nice To RSVP, click here.
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Sip N Solder
Create your very own electronic invention & learn how to solder it all together!This is a great relaxed event to connect with the Electric Girls team, learn from some bright Electric Girls, and develop some new soldering skills. To RSVP, click here.
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Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building Self-Healing Communities at Broadmoor Arts & Wellness Center
Participants will explore the ACE Study data and its implications for ways we might become key players in creating sustainable change. This workshop has been approved for 3 clinical credit hours for counselors and social workers. If you wish to receive CEU credit, the workshop costs $45 (early bird price until 11/1) and $50 after. To register, click here. |
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2019 Neighborhood Summit
The Mayor’s Neighborhood Engagement Office announces that registration for the 2019 Neighborhood Summit is now open.
At the Summit, neighborhood leaders and residents will share information across communities, develop new skills to bring home, and build relationships old and new.
Sessions Include:
- 311- Your Gateway to Government
- Census 2020
- Youth Voice in Infrastructure: Making NOLA a Child-Friendly City
- Coordination, Collaboration, and Connectivity
- Housing is Infrastructure and Vice Versa
- Katrina 15: Restoring the Coast to Protect New Orleans
- Reducing Gun Violence in New Orleans
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Exploring the Diaspora - Celebrating the Benin Republic
Step into a mini version of the Benin Republic, in the Ashé Series, Exploring the Diaspora! Mix & mingle, enjoy music, taste the food, and learn interesting things about the country. Its history will blow you away! Free admission to the Opening Reception. School field trip opportunities are also available. For more information or to attend, click here.
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