Good Trouble Network is proud to have raised $99,784.22 for these various local organization:
Take ‘Em Down NOLA
As long as the names of slave owners and confederates mark our streets and stand as monuments, New Orleans has failed to denounce white supremacy. Take ‘Em Down NOLA is a powerful grassroot organization working to erase all symbols of white supremacy in our city. The police are also a product of white supremacy. Take ‘Em Down calls for defunding the police and investing instead in the people.
OPPRC
Since its founding in 2004, OPPRC has been directly responsible for reducing the prison population by five thousand people. They are the reason New Orleans is no longer the most incarcerated place in the entire world. Their hard work continues as they combat new jails, fight discriminatory policing and ensure the safety of those currently incarcerated.
Renters Rights Assembly
The Renters Rights Assembly of the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative knows that access to housing is a civil right issue. They work to educate renters about their rights and monitor discriminatory housing legislation. Their work continues in the wake of Covid 19 to protect all renters from unjust evictions.
ACLU of Louisiana
As the local affiliation to a nationwide guardian of civil liberties, the ACLU of Louisiana works to combat unconstitutional policing, immigrant detention, and mass incarceration. They use the courts to ensure a more just and equitable future of all.
Lift Louisiana
Lift Louisiana is your local reproductive rights champion. Their work is multifaceted as they educate women about their options, advocate to influence policy, provide legal representation, and offer healthcare to incarcerated women. In a state in which reproductive rights are constantly under attack, Lift Louisiana is working to keep women in control of their own lives.
IPNO
Innocence Project New Orleans rights the wrongs of the criminal justice system. Their pro-bono legal team works to free those wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life in prison. These are folks who would otherwise die in prison for a crime they did not commit. IPNO has a national reputation for winning exonerations and they continue to support their clients even after their release.
LCCR
LCCR provides the resources that children of color are routinely denied. In addition to no-cost legal support in the courtroom, LCCR takes a holistic approach to address a child’s needs at home and school. This provides a much stronger foundation for reducing a child’s risk for future arrest.
The Descendant project is the only local plantation museum that is fully governed and stewarded by its African American Descendants. They work for Rightful financial and environmental reparations. This organization is committed to healing as a step toward liberation.
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LaFHAC
LaFHAC conducts investigations into fair housing violations. When necessary, LaFHAC attorneys help their clients through the process of filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of housing and Urban development, or filing a lawsuit in state or federal court. Help is free and confidential. They also provide home ownership counseling and fair housing education.
MACCNO
Working at the intersection of New Orleans Culture, Public Policy and Social Justice, The Music Culture and Coalition provide support for our culture bearers. They collaborate with, organize and build the civic capacity of the New Orleans Music and cultural community to preserve and nurture the city’s culture, to translate the community vision into policy change, and to create a more just and equitable city and region.
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Immigration Services & Legal Advocacy
ISLA provides pro-bono work to ensure that both the legal and human rights of detained immigrants are protected in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Survivors for Reform
LSR believes that advocacy is a form of healing. They support victims of violence with monthly meetings that provide direct assistance as well as organize incarceration policy.
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Culture Aid NOLA
Food justice is social justice. Culture Aid’s mission is to direct no-barrier, no-stigma aid to underserved members of the New Orleans community. They provide free groceries twice-weekly to the people with dignity and respect.
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Puentes New Orleans
Puentes started post-Katrina to represent and uplift the ten thousand Latios who came to save our city. The early phases of this organization were focused on meeting the housing needs of all these people who helped us rebuild. It has since grown into providing hands-on programs so that first generation immigrants and their children get the resources they need to thrive. Puentes teaches small businesses how to grow, connects people with healthcare and promote STEM based college prep classes in public schools.
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Disaster Relief
When a tornado devastated Arabi, Mutual Aid Louisiana provided direct financial assistance to those who lost everything. Direct financial assistance is imperative to getting people back on their feet after a natural disaster. Mutual Aid Louisiana provided this service with full transparency and speed.
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Level Up Campaign
The Level Up Campaign mission is to encourage healthy lifestyles, provide enrichment programs, workforce training, and employment opportunities. Targeting youth with difficulties advancing to the next level. Utilizing common interest activities as, a tool to assist youth in reaching their fullest potential.
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TEP Center
The TEP Center is a civil rights museum coming to the long shuttered McDonough 19. It is being built by the three girls who integrated the school in 1960. While history often erases black names, this is a space to remember and celebrate black heroes.
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New Orleans Abortion Fund
New Orleans Abortion Fund ensures that women across the Gulf South have the resources they need to access a safe abortion and stay in control of their lives.
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STAR
STAR provides supportive services to survivors to reduce their experience of trauma. Their advocacy, counseling and legal services are available to youth and adult survivors of sexual violence at no cost.
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Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice’s work is diverse and includes power mapping, policy advocacy and voter engagement. They have all the resources to ensure voting rights.
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VAYLA New Orleans
VAYLA incubates AAPI leaders for a more just tomorrow. VAYLA exists as an embodiment and commitment to activating tomorrow’s AAPI leaders in New Orleans and beyond. They engender leadership to address social inequities facing our community while anchored in an anti-racist, Queer, Feminist lens.
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Louisiana Bucket Brigade
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade has partnered with fenceline communities to fight the petrochemical industry. They provide these people with the tools to accurately record dangerous emissions and advocate for environmental justice.