LOVING LOUISIANA BLOG ARCHIVES
Louisiana Fosters – My Community Cares
My Community Cares: Building Strong Communities That Bring Families Together My Community Cares: Building Strong Communities that Bring Families Together By Michelle Gros What do pots of gumbo, popsicles in parks, coloring books, bonfires, egg hunts, care baskets, block parties, drive-through services and resources, supporting families, foster care, advocacy, and community conversations have […]
Teach MAM – Making Music in Time of COVID
Teach MAM Teach MAM: An Exciting Partnership to Strengthen Arts Education Across Louisiana TEACH MAM AdaptationMaking Music in Time of COVID by Annelise Cassar Tedesco Louisiana State Teacher of the Year, 2022Louisiana First Foundation, Teach MAM Music Ambassador Music Director and Teacher, CHS VoicesChalmette High School – St. […]
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 […]
People of Louisiana – Business October 2021)
MELISSAMCINNIS BLISS PHOTOGRAPHY MELISSA MCINNISBLISS PHOTOGRAPHY Melissa McInnis has been a professional photographer for over ten years, specializing in destination weddings and boudoir. After earning a bachelor’s degree from ULL in 2009, she decided to start her own business by taking family portraits; however, she quickly found a love for working with couples leading […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
Featured Recipe: Classic Southern Lemonade
LEROY’S LIP SMACK’NLEMONADE MAKE LEMONS OUT OF LEMONADE Leroy’s Lip Smack’n Lemonade Stand was started in 2012 in Leroy Hayward, III’s front yard as a participant in Raising Cane’s National Lemonade Day. The young entrepreneur thought it was a great way to give back to the New Orleans Children’s Hospital since the doctors there had […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]