#OneRouge Friday Community Check-In (Week 107)


Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in EBR, The Walls Project has been hosting weekly video calls with leaders of nonprofits, foundations, city government, and local businesses from a
cross the parish. The intention of these weekly community check-ins is to share information and resources to help the Baton Rouge community respond and recover from the pandemic. Weekly topics range from access to basic needs such as food, medical care, and safety to thought-leaders' insights on equitable opportunities for youth enrichment, nonprofit financial solvency, surge in unemployment, and the disproportionate impact on impoverished neighborhoods in regards to accessing fresh food.
#ONEROUGE Week #107
Exploring the Economic Reality post-Roe v. Wade Society
Meeting Notes Prepared by Walls Project
Quick Links: Notes, Zoom Chat, Community Announcements
Summer Steib - Director Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (LSU Women's Center)/Adjunct Professor/Power-Based Violence Trainer
This conversation is often framed in terms of being pro-life. I know some folks in here attended and participated in the webinar by Southern University. They did a phenomenal job of starting this conversation. This is not a single-issue based conversation. This is not a conversation about abortion and abortion access. What does the rights landscape look like? What does economic impact look like? It’s nearly impossible to detangle those. Starting with history, it’s important to know that when we talk about law we have so many multiple levels that impact our lives daily. From local ordinances, to state laws, and then federal laws. When something is not specified in federal law, it’s really open to state law and for states to interpret. That’s one of the things we’re seeing with Roe v Wade, which originates in Texas. That case worked its way to the supreme court and they ruled that abortion is a right to all persons in the US and the 14th and 15th amendments were set. It supersedes what states can do. Included in the leaked brief is also the Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The US was founded on coverture concept. A woman’s civil identity is under her husband. When women got married they took their husband’s name and they ceased to have a legal identity. It’s not until the early 1990s that this is no longer a legal reality. Violence against women act in 1993 requires every state to have marital rape as a crime. This is a requirement of every state. The other side is Planned Parenthood vs Casey. If a married woman is seeking an abortion they had to notify the partner and the court ruled that’s an unnecessary burden. If this is overturned we see a path for coverture to come back into existence. The leaked brief also contains legal precedence by William Hail, a justice from the 1600s. Legally women don’t have full rights and autonomy over our bodies and that is open to the control of the state for lack of access and also to potential men/partners/spouses. When we think about this we think about it contemporarily, but if this is overturned then every other case based on similar precedent is open to being challenged. It’s access to birth control, same sex marriages. It opens the door to all of those things and the roll back to rights.
Tanya Rawal - Vice President, Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR)
Economic impact - it will inevitably pull women out of the workforce. Women will slip away from leadership roles and economic positions. It will negatively impact wage growth for everyone. Every 10% increase in females in the labor force is a 5% median wage increase for both men and women. To overturn Roe is to knowingly and forcibly create a recession. With women out of the pay workforce there will be less competition and wages will go up. In no scenario is a decline in job opportunities a good thing. So how do we see this decline? Women and girls who are coerced into having children especially in their youth, will avoid the education and economic advancement. Our economy risks operating without 51% of our population. That population will and can create more jobs. By protecting Roe we will see more women entering the workforce and we will see wages increase. The goal is to have a healthier economy. Things like better healthcare access, healthier workplace cultures. It is not lost on me that this strategy of focusing on the GDP takes away from the human side of this. Women who were turned away and went on to have birth went on to have household poverty for years. Women were more likely to not have money to pay basic living expenses. Being denied lowered a woman’s credit score and increased their negative public records like bankruptcies. By overturning Roe, we will restrict people’s power to make decisions of their own body. This means we will no longer be living in a democratic society.
Megan Simmons - Director, National Birth Equity Collaborative
We center our work on a culturally specific demographic. Black women are disproportionately impacted by abortion in this country. More than half of Black Americans live in the south and the de-abortion laws are more restrictive in the south. The transportation barriers. Some of those states are landlocked around states with restrictive laws. If you can’t get there in a car you’re going to have to fly, which lends itself to economic impact. States with access will be more impacted. Some states will see even more folks. Even in those states it’s not as accessible. If you are in California you’ll even have to drive a long way sometimes to get to a clinic. Economic impact on women who will have to raise unwanted children. There’s not a lot of support in the way of housing, education, or food. 49% of abortions were by people living below the poverty line. Black women are disproportionately affected by the wage and wealth gap. What is it going to look like economically? Childcare, transportation, loss of wages. Even if you have the opportunity to gain access, the actual cost of having the procedure. 13 states have trigger laws, so if it is overturned then some will automatically make it illegal. A lot have no exception for rape or incest or people with terminal illnesses. It’s not a cut and dry situation. Outside we’re just autonomous beings who should be able to make our own decisions, the law doesn’t lend itself to what some people may be facing.
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
Flitcher Bell - if you missed the conversation yesterday we had a very dynamic group of speakers. Please go to our website and review it. We were trying to get across all of the impact Roe would make as far as every area of a person’s life. If you start down that slippery slope, you’re starting to overturn things that a lot of us have over the past 50 years as one of our landmark decision cases. Then you look at Plessy v Ferguson, Brown v Board of Education, Loving v Virginia; if one landmark case can be overturned, what else can be overturned? We are going to have a follow up part 2 to that session and another one with the end of the legislative session. The importance of voting. I don’t care who you vote for, but vote. Your nonvote is a vote for the other side. People fought and died for this right. I look at the last judicial race and the judge who won by 2 votes, which was only 4% of the population. We have more people at the football games than people who are voting on the people who are making decisions about our lives.
Morgan Udoh - Often these conversations are centered around people who are not intending to have children or will have economic hardship. These laws will have ripple effects for all people. The bills coming out treating atopic pregnancies being illegal and then that makes me talk to my partner about even trying to have a child at all, because if that were to happen it would be a death sentence for me.
Rev. Anderson - The message and the messenger. The idea that we are not paying attention to judges the way we should. Most of what’s happening now is voter disengagement and judicial mandates. Half of these cases only got to the supreme court because who was at the seats on the lower level. If it becomes a one dimensional conversation. That’s one of the really critical things. I want to see the conversation get bigger.
Megan Simmons - You can’t say enough about how state government is ignored. Whether you participate or not, you’re still subject to those same laws. We need to be cognizant of that. While federal law is important, we need to look at our state laws.
Tanya Rawal - We should use the First Amendment while we still have it. Speak up and have the conversation. The 2006 Trigger Law that Blanco signed in specifically says that providers will not be able to provide this type of healthcare. Is that because the doctors and medical world got behind this? Medical students not being trained in basic healthcare services? I wonder what the trickle effects are about this.
Summer Steib - I think now more than ever it’s critical that we have comprehensive sex education. In Louisiana we have some of the most restrictive laws about sex education. How do we really lean on our elected officials that we have comprehensive sex education in the US. It’s staggering what they don’t know about their own body. If access is going to be blocked, then we have to shift and focus on massive public education campaigns around prevention and access. This is absolutely an economic issue. Women who are in a similar situation as me. This is really about who are we controlling and why are we controlling them. We are talking about under resourced citizens. Systemically excluded members of our population. What’s going to happen to the American undercast that keeps this country running.
Pamela Johnson - We can talk about the judges, but the judges do not make the laws. Legislature makes the laws. Who are we going to have in state government and who are we sending there. Looking at the bills we had in the state legislature, they’re not going to change because they are going to be more empowered. In Louisiana, the law books say marriage is between a man and a woman, so even though that’s not the law of the land, that’s Louisiana law. Judges don’t make laws, they enforce them. Let’s talk about the law makers and let’s change the law makers.
Alfredo Cruz - It seems HB 813 will be put back on House calendar with amendments. it's interesting if you read the fiscal note for this bill (which explains how much this law will cost the State) is clear any actual conviction will cost $26.39 per day/per offender in adult local "housing" and $83.23 per day/per offender for State facility. That's equal to about $800/month for local rent and $2,532/month in State facility rent. Wow!
-I’m always interested in saying how much these laws will cost us. Every day that somebody sits in jail because they had an abortion, it’s like $800 a month for rent and a state facility is over $2500 a month for rent. How do we not help people with rent when they’re facing those circumstances when they made that decision based on finances to begin with? We need to change the lawmakers. There is going to be a local fee, those fees will come to the local jurisdiction and what those fees should be used for.
Casey Phillips - The economic conversation, I would love to hear from the speakers about where’s the voice from the healthcare system? Where are our insurance providers and our healthcare providers? What’s the economic impact on additional government funding on the burden on that system of more people needing government assistance? My wife said something yesterday, the men who are on this call, if you do not get your voice loud, you’re complicit. It shouldn’t have to be the case that men have to speak up, but that’s not where we are. Women should not have to need male voices in this conversation. However, where we are right now, if you sit on the sidelines you are complicit. We have to pick the phone up. Stand up and get loud.
Nicole Scott - We have a lot of conversations going on right now about ethics and what that means for doctors. There are all sorts of issues for us
Zoom Chat
From Tanya Rawal to Everyone 08:27 AM
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 08:27 AM
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 08:40 AM
https://medium.com/the-sundial-acmrs/whose-property-womens-bodies-and-marital-rape-3fefdeb593ee
I can also download and share other journal articles if people find titles that are behind paywalls on the topic.
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1248&context=ggulrev
From Flitcher R. Bell to Everyone 08:40 AM
Good morning again ALL! If anyone missed the webinar yesterday on this topic, please feel free to visit our website at : WWW.SULC.EDU/VCPI ……. The recording should be uploaded today
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 08:40 AM
Good Morning
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 08:41 AM
Great background, Summer!
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 08:46 AM
This planned decline in job opportunities seems to be an intentional backstop against the growing labor rights movement which threatens the employing class's reckless exponential growth.
From Flitcher R. Bell to Everyone 08:47 AM
I totally agree Morgan!! GREAT point!
From Summer Steib (she/her) to Everyone 08:51 AM
From Tanya Rawal to Everyone 08:51 AM
https://www.ansirh.org/research/ongoing/turnaway-study
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 08:52 AM
Maternal Mortality rates for Black women is also an important factor in this convo.
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 08:52 AM
Summer, great overview and framing. One of the challenges in this discussion is both the message and the message. Communities of color and low and no wealth are overwhelming impacted. Yet the message (unlike the beautiful overview from Summer) is about choice, which these populations have never had. I also wonder why the broader message isn't emphasized beyond "choice."
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 08:53 AM
+1000, Megan. Abortion is not cut and dry.
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 08:54 AM
Megan thank you for that presentation.
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 08:55 AM
Education used to be an equalizer. It has been a burden to Black women as they carry more student debt and are not paid equally.
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 08:55 AM
Knowing that many of proposed bills as of late have also made no exception for ectopic pregnancies is terrifying for those who do want children. Its a death trap. How can I choose to grow my family if a condition beyond my control could force me 6 ft under?
From Pamela Johnson to Everyone 08:56 AM
It is going to happen, so get ready to vote. Okay!
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 08:56 AM
And criminalizing bodily autonomy will dispositionally impact low and no wealth communities.
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 08:57 AM
Second Amendment and changing that too
From Omar Minhas to Everyone 08:57 AM
^^^
From Pamela Johnson to Everyone 08:58 AM
We must deal with it on a state level. If we do not vote it will be back.
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 08:58 AM
Can any of the speakers touch on the critical issue of judicial elections?
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 08:58 AM
We need to engage state policy
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 08:59 AM
+1000 and an issue of high-risk pregnancy is close to home
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 08:59 AM
This is why One Rouge is so powerful. We must expand the conversation.
From Flitcher R. Bell to Everyone 09:00 AM
YES judge Johnson you are so so correct!! We as the voting public of Louisiana MUST hold our legislature and other elected officials accountable to us and not to the lobbyist with the biggest checks!! And if they choose not to truly represent our interest, VOTE them out!!
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:01 AM
NOPE!!!
EXACTLY!!!!
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:03 AM
Wonderful, Dr. Bell
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 09:04 AM
Amen
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:04 AM
Say that!
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 09:04 AM
Vote!! Vote!!! Vote!!!
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:04 AM
And that is the norm!
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:04 AM
SAY IT!!!
EXACTLY
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 09:05 AM
What are the barriers to voting that we need to address? Is it messaging? Is it physical access (transport, time-off etc)?
From Me to Everyone 09:05 AM
Maybe we should figure out ways of making these positions no longer something that requires an election. If overturning landmark things is possible, perhaps we should really challenge some things.
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:06 AM
And voter engagement needs to happen from the candle to the senior citizens center.
I want Summer's presentation to share as a conversation starter.
From Nicole Scott to Everyone 09:07 AM
The easiest thing we can do is use our voices. Have the conversations!!! Have all of the conversations. Speak up.
From Ava Smith to Everyone 09:07 AM
If they are wanting to punish the woman, what about the doctor who preforms the procedure, or the male who is part of the fertilization process?
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:07 AM
The various reasons for abortion are hard to converse about because many perceive the event in one way only.
From Alfredo Cruz to Everyone 09:07 AM
It seems HB 813 will be put back on House calendar with amendments. it's interesting if you read the fiscal note for this bill (which explains how much this law will cost the State) is clear any actual conviction will cost $26.39 per day/per offender in adult local "housing" and $83.23 per day/per offender for State facility. That's equal to about $800/month for local rent and $2,532/month in State facility rent. Wow!
From Summer Steib (she/her) to Everyone 09:07 AM
Rev. Anderson, I do not have a presentation, I just made some notes, but I am happy to talk more about the historical realities and ramifications.
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:08 AM
Ava, 100% A man can impregnate more in those 9 months …
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:10 AM
Tell your elected officials what you want
Monitor how they vote and see what policy initiatives they have asserted regarding balloipedia
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:10 AM
Good morning your honor.
From Alexis Jones - Habitat for Humanity to Everyone 09:10 AM
I saw a great rule of thumb yesterday, which is if you feel strongly enough about something to rant about it on a social media platform, then you must call your senators and congresswomen/men to share your opinion as well. A great mindset to be in
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:10 AM
They work for you!!!
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 09:11 AM
We need to stress and teach in one voice to ALL students from Kindergarten through high school
What we want future voting citizens to know and be active with - to avoid miseducation in every subject and to turn this and many other situations around
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:11 AM
Both matter!
From Alexis Jones - Habitat for Humanity to Everyone 09:11 AM
^^Exactly Megan, we can't keep letting them work just for these big companies and the wealthy
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:12 AM
TELL them what we want!!!
From Mya Crawford to Everyone 09:13 AM
Yes! Too many people are convinced their vote doesn't matter so they don't show up, especially in marginalized communities
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:13 AM
We need more Civics Education
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:13 AM
We must have appropriate candidates. We have to be willing to support good candidates.
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 09:13 AM
Amen!
From Alexis Jones - Habitat for Humanity to Everyone 09:14 AM
^^^ That too! My civics education consisted of half a semester taught by a basketball coach!!
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:15 AM
Tragic!
But now we have Google and Youtube
It changes the game.
From Alexis Jones - Habitat for Humanity to Everyone 09:15 AM
Yes, self taught civics is all most of us have and that can cause issues for some too :O
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:15 AM
Thank you Alfredo!
From Alexis Jones - Habitat for Humanity to Everyone 09:15 AM
Finding echo chambers
From Ava Smith to Everyone 09:15 AM
Do we want to procreate in order to send our sons to war in the name of defending our country?
From Liz Shephard (LifeCity) to Everyone 09:16 AM
Yes!
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:17 AM
Yes, Casey, where are these voices?
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 09:17 AM
Yes
Medicaid
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:18 AM
Politicians and Judges do not need to consider total cost of ownership or ROR/ROI for their decisions
From Me to Everyone 09:18 AM
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/abortion-and-crime-revisited/
From Keyra Johnson to Everyone 09:18 AM
If we are thinking in the realm of knowing Roe v. Wade will be overturned, then the focus should probably shift to preventative measures. Sex Ed needs to return to schools, condoms and contraception needs to be a priority and accessible to all ..
From Mya Crawford to Everyone 09:18 AM
Honestly the school system & boards too, overcrowded with students and a lack of teachers
From Patrisha’s iPhone to Everyone 09:19 AM
Yes!
From Nicole Scott to Everyone 09:19 AM
It becomes an ethics issue for medical providers.
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:19 AM
EXACTLY. The cycle of poverty continues.
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 09:20 AM
Foster kids are easily exploitable lifelong as labor (legal/illegal) and/or wards of the state. I doubt those who are making these laws have overlooked this. Poverty is profitable.
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:21 AM
From Me to Everyone 09:22 AM
The next conversation on this topic should include the medical community
From Keyra Johnson to Everyone 09:22 AM
I can foresee an increase in juvenile delinquency, a bunch of disgruntle kids who were unwanted, born into poverty, possibly abused or neglected is a recipe for disaster.
From Summer Steib (she/her) to Everyone 09:22 AM
There is antidotal evidence that medical providers are leaving Texas/choosing not to practice in Texas due to the abortion laws.
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:22 AM
Last week of the legislative session. HB 298 "End the Exception Clause" which will once and for all allow voters to end slavery in Louisiana.
From Karla King-concerned citizen to Everyone 09:23 AM
Thank you Casey.
From Perry Sholes to Everyone 09:23 AM
Amen
From Liz Shephard (LifeCity) to Everyone 09:23 AM
Definitely. If this is about men controlling women ultimately - we need men to speak up.
From Omar Minhas to Everyone 09:23 AM
Preach, Casey! 🙏🏽
From Ava Smith to Everyone 09:23 AM
Also, is it a State vs Religion issue?
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:24 AM
Come to the legislature and talk to your legislators.
From Helena Williams to Everyone 09:24 AM
Thank you everyone for letting me host!
From Summer Steib (she/her) to Everyone 09:24 AM
Helena, thanks for the opportunity!
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:24 AM
Memorial Day for the year 2022 is celebrated/ observed on Monday, May 30th.
Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed every year on the last Monday in May. It honors those who died serving in the United States military.
From Karla King-concerned citizen to Everyone 09:24 AM
Thanks Helena for hosting.
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:25 AM
No!!!!!
From Ava Smith to Everyone 09:25 AM
Always a good morning conversion with a cup of coffee! Thanks everyone
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:26 AM
Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision
Event: Zoom webinar
Date: Thursday, June 16
Time: 11 AM CT/12 PM ET
Register: bit.ly/GreauxResilienceWeb
From Toni Quinn Bankston to Everyone 09:27 AM
CMBM Baton Rouge Wellness and resiliency Project -https://www.facebook.com/CMBM-Baton-Rouge-Wellness-and-Resiliency-Project-11164947152 9572 or contact me directly at tbankston@cmbm.org or toni.bankston@gmail.com
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:29 AM
How long is each session?
From Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative to Everyone 09:29 AM
It was a great to share space with you all this morning. I can be reached at msimmons@birthequity.org.
Have a great day!
From Tanya Rawal to Everyone 09:31 AM
tanya.rawal@star.ngo
From Keshia Roberson to Everyone 09:31 AM
Keshia.Roberson@La.Gov Please send info
From Marlice Sanders / Chase to Everyone 09:31 AM
My contact info is Marlice.d.sanders@chase.com
From Keshia Roberson to Everyone 09:31 AM
I am the Health Disparities Social Worker for Region 2
From Pamela Johnson to Everyone 09:32 AM
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:33 AM
Was anyone able to hear me?
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:33 AM
Rev, we only heard the first couple of sentences.
From Helena Williams to Everyone 09:33 AM
Yes, did you have anything after the caravan news, but it ended right after that
From Rev Anderson to Everyone 09:34 AM
Yes
From Pamela Johnson to Everyone 09:34 AM
Yes
From Toni Quinn Bankston to Everyone 09:34 AM
@Rev Anderson- Each group is 2 hours long unless it's for children or teens in which case it is 90 Minutes
From Jan Ross - Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation to Everyone 09:34 AM
Wilson Foundation is investing in Equipping nonprofit orgs thru Capacity Building Initiative. https://www.hawilsonfoundation.org/strategicplan/cbi/ for more info. Call Jan Ross 225-292-1344 for more info
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:36 AM
Roddenberry Fellowship applications due today: https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/roddenberry-fellowship/
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 09:37 AM
We have to mobilize to get this through. Rev. Tell us what is needed. Bodies at the meeting?
From Me to Everyone 09:37 AM
What bill number is it?
From Morgan Udoh (She/Her/They) to Everyone 09:37 AM
HB 298
From Manohar Ramkumar Patole to Everyone 09:37 AM
Great to see everyone and was a joy to be in Baton Rouge in person last week :-)
Community Announcements
Pat LeDuff - Pre Juneteeth celebration is now called KidFest and we have decided to educate our children and so we have asked our vendors to be at the 4th grade level. We are planning the caravan for Sadie Roberts Joseph. Right now we’re being denied for security reasons.
Marlice Sanders - We have a $30 billion racial equity commitment to help close the racial wealth gap. Our work is intentional and not in addition to. Our work is for everyone in the community. I’m more than happy to share more.
Toni Bankston - Remind everyone that there have been 70+ people who have graduated from center for mind body medicine in baton rouge. This has been an intense investment for these people as well as our investors. Many of them are going to bring what they learned back to their places of employment. Many do not have places to do their groups. Two 8 week groups somewhere in Baton Rouge is their commitment for their free training. These are not therapy groups, these are education groups. These groups help build community. Whether it’s in the workplace or whether it’s with clients and community. We are getting ready to provide this to folks in the Ukraine. We are so lucky to have this and we need your help. If you need a free service for your team.
CMBM Baton Rouge Wellness and resiliency Project -https://www.facebook.com/CMBM-Baton-Rouge-Wellness-and-Resiliency-Project-111649471529572 or contact me directly at tbankston@cmbm.org or toni.bankston@gmail.com
Greauxing Resilience at Home: A Regional Vision
Event: Zoom webinar
Date: Thursday, June 16
Time: 11 AM CT/12 PM ET
Register: bit.ly/GreauxResilienceWeb
Jan Ross - Wilson Foundation has implemented strategic plan. Our next step is equipping our nonprofit partners to be the strongest and best that they can as they are out in the community to solve the social ills that we discuss on this call each and every Friday.
Wilson Fndn is investing in Equipping nonprofit orgs thru Capacity Building Initiative. https://www.hawilsonfoundation.org/strategicplan/cbi/ for more info. Call Jan Ross 225-292-1344 for more info
Rev. Anderson - It’s memorial day weekend and we honor those who have died in our country. Also the gun violence going up in our country. It’s the struggle people are having getting education and housing. The last week of the legislature is next week. Come down next week and talk to your legislator about the real things that need real change. This is our last chance to talk to the people that are voting in things. HB 298 - ends slavery officially.
Flitcher Bell - June 9 - Virtual and in person webinar about balancing First Amendment rights in the 21 century. Register and come. June 10 will be having an expungement clinic.