Blog – September 2021
The September 2021 Blog 01. Volume 3, Edition 11 A Word from the First Lady of Louisiana Together We Will RISE Hurricane Ida has come and gone and left her mark on us all, along with Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustave, Laura, Delta, and the list goes on. Devastation, damage, lives lost. And, inevitably, someone will […]
Blog – August 2021
The August 2021 Blog 01. Volume 3, Edition 10 A Word from the First Lady of Louisiana Do You Really Want To Hear The Truth? Do You Really Want to Hear the Truth? As I write this month’s post, I can’t help but think about the crisis our state is facing during this fourth surge […]
Teach MAM – A Partnership Built for Physical Success
Teach MAM Teach MAM: An Exciting Partnership to Strengthen Arts Education Across Louisiana TEACH MAM A Partnership Built for Success First Lady’s Teach MAM Initiative &Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness by Keyre’ Bradford With great pleasure, the First Lady’s Teach MAM Initiative has partnered with D. Rudy Macklin, […]
Louisiana Fosters – Foster Youth Bill of Rights Becomes Law
Foster YouthBill of RightsBecomes Law Foster Youth Bill of RightsBecomes Law By Marketa Garner Walters, SecretaryLouisiana Department of Children and Family Services When our children come into the foster care system, everything they know and love quickly changes through no fault of their own. Any dreams and aspirations may seem so out of […]
Anti-Human Trafficking: A Paradigm Shift to Assist Survivors of Human Sex and Labor Trafficking in Louisiana
THE OFFICE OFHUMAN TRAFFICKINGPREVENTION Executive DirectorDr. Dana Hunter A Paradigm Shift to Assist Survivors of Human Sex and Labor Trafficking in Louisiana By Dr. Dana R. Hunter Courage. Perseverance. Aspiration. These are words that a human trafficking survivor in Louisiana used to describe when she realized that she needed to get out of “the […]
The Governor’s Mansion: Virtual Tours
Governor’s MansionVirtual Tours Governor’s MansionVirtual Tours It’s officially August! Time for summer activities to start winding down and school activities to start gearing up. As school days are upon us, one particular activity everyone at the Governor’s Mansion loves is welcoming our school tours to this beautiful property. Since 2016, schools from all over the […]
Women’s Health – August 2021
Women’s Health WOMEN’S HEALTH BLOGAugust 2021 Groundhog Day Written by Dr. Lucio Miele It feels like Groundhog Day: Rising hospitalizations and deaths, mask mandates, working from home. The burden of the pandemic is now concentrated in states with low vaccination rates, like Louisiana. In the coming months, our state and few […]
People of Louisiana – Business (August 2021)
AUGUSTEVENTS MARANDA CARDINALE and TIFFANY PILGRIM AUGUST EVENTSMaranda Cardinale and Tiffany Pilgrim Maranda Cardinale and Tiffany Pilgrim launched August Events in 2017. The two friends worked at an event rental company together when they decided it was time to leap to entrepreneurship. Their goal: to create a design-forward planning company that could serve a […]
People of Louisiana – Schools (August 2021)
MARCO D. FRENCH, M. Ed. 2022 Louisiana State Principal of the Year Queensborough Leadership Academy, Caddo Parish Schools MARCO D. FRENCH, M. Ed. 2022 Louisiana State Principal of the Year Queensborough Leadership Academy, Caddo Parish Schools Educators Unite ~ It’s the Grand Rising Can you believe it? Another school year is upon us! […]
People of Louisiana – Community (August 2021)
KEEPLOUISIANABEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY KEEP LOUISIANA BEAUTIFUL Founded in 2000, Keep Louisiana Beautiful focuses on education, enforcement, awareness, litter removal, and beautification. Our 40 affiliates and 261,618 volunteers and participants improve communities and transform public spaces. Everyone knows that litter is harmful to the environment. However, learning about the problem doesn’t solve it. If you want […]
People of Louisiana – Military (August 2021)
4th Annual SUICIDE PREVENTIONSUMMIT Louisiana Departmentof Veteran Affairs 4th AnnualSuicide Prevention Summit The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs will host its Fourth Annual Suicide Prevention Summit on Friday, Sept. 10, at 9 a.m. The summit addresses one purpose: ensuring all leave the event as better suicide prevention advocates than when they arrived. The goal […]
Teach MAM – Preservation Hall Webinars
Teach MAM Teach MAM: An Exciting Partnership to Strengthen Arts Education Across Louisiana TEACH MAM Preservation Hall Webinars Be sure to check out the discussion on how to include ALL students in the joy of making music in the classroom. This panel discusses the possibilities and follows up with […]