The Louisiana Prison Education Coalition: 360 degrees of education
New Orleans is often described as a “close-knit” city. On certain city blocks...
View ArticleLessons from Leonardo: 10 takeaways for teachers from the quintessential...
When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, the locals had a...
View ArticleMaracucha: Truth in pieces of paper (Part 2)
Maracaibo is the capital of the state of Zulia. Located in the northwestern...
View ArticleWomen FIRST Clinic empowers women affected by Louisiana’s prison system
It was 6:00 PM on a Thursday night. In a small, brightly lit...
View ArticleTale of A Tarot Reading
Born and raised in Louisiana and living in New Orleans for the past...
View ArticleFête Française
On Saturday, March 23rd, the annual Fête Française festival took place at 821...
View ArticleMardi Gras: More Than Just Beads and Booze
Upon first stepping into the Backstreet Cultural Museum, one feels an immediate sense...
View Article“What do you want the world to know about your Freedom?”
The Newcomb Art Gallery currently has an amazing exhibit on incarcerated women in...
View ArticleDash for Deaf Kids: My Experience
This March, I participated in the Dash for Kids/RunWalkSign! 5k which was held...
View ArticleAn Unforgettable Experience – The Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum
This Spring, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit the...
View ArticleFinding Unity in New Orleans
At first, I was very anxious to attend a class at the Unity...
View ArticleQueer life on campus: An interview with Red Tremmel
Drew Shikoh interviews Red Tremmel, professor at Tulane University and founder of the Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity at Tulane.
View ArticleBack to school: Voices from The Listening Post
As the buses roll down the street and students gather their materials for a new school year, the Listening Post asks students and community members to talk about the educational system in New Orleans....
View ArticleAudio: Play/write and arts education in New Orleans
For the audio piece, Philip Roderic Yiannopoulos followed 2018's Play/Write classrooms to talk with students, teachers, and parents -- all without a hall pass. In between running among five different...
View ArticleKrewe: What’s the name of your school?
“I was around other men and it allowed me to see what a man is supposed to be like, how a man should react, and how to talk. They were close to my age, so it gave me an idea and, well ,pretty much a...
View ArticleWhat will happen when we have the option to Zoom out?
As academics have been forced to make a swift movement online, how will we respond once COVID-19 has been brought under control? Now that we know we can learn from home, will we stay home, or leave...
View ArticleEveryday Wonder: Lessons learned in an era of virtual education
Everyday Wonder, a New Orleans-based podcast hosted by mismatched but fast friends Brett Will Taylor and Renee Peck, continues its second season with a focus on life with COVID-19. In this episode,...
View ArticleHow Member of Local Music Community Will Help Shape Future Music Industry...
On March 27, 2020, I had the pleasure of sitting down, via Zoom,...
View ArticleA hammer to the piggy bank of silence
An analysis of Tulane University's failure's as an institution to provide substantial means for its students to be educated on speaking about and combating injustice, and the impact of that failure...
View ArticleThe problem with the education system in New Orleans
There is an “opportunity gap,” also known as an education gap, in New...
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