Join us Sept. 11th in New Orleans as we organize and strategize ways to create real change across Louisiana. Together, we will discuss the results of the recent legislative session and ways to mobilize our communities in response. See flyer for details! Voice of the Experienced (VOTE)

Join NYJN on our road to 20 years by helping us reach our first 20K! Help NYJN jumpstart our fundraising campaign with the first $20K on the road to $2 million! Your contribution helps us continue building the movement for youth justice! NYJN.org/donate #NYJNRoadto20

"Since the early 1970s, poverty has increased for young adults, who are now... juggling education, work and household responsibilities in a world with heightened instability, lower social mobility, and greater economic inequality."

While exacerbating existing mental health problems, solitary confinement can cause mental health issues in children who have no prior history of mental illness such as paranoia, anxiety, hallucinations, and suicidal thoughts. #endsolitary

#NowReading ➡️: "But instead of simply praising the youth that succeed or blaming the youth that don’t, we should be focused on systems: school systems, poverty, privilege and oppression, and access."

"We want to just focus back in on what's true, what's actually happening in our community and try to get to some solutions that are backed by data." - Kristen Rome 🔵 🟠 🔵 🟠 Thanks to David Jones of @Fox8NOLA for his coverage of last week's youth justice town hall!

Day 7: 🚨 Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA)! For half a century, this landmark legislation has aimed to reduce detention of young people and promote better treatment. Yet, despite the progress made, young people

#DidYouKnow: NOLA Public Library offers a platform that helps young kids w/various developmental topics, a resource called Homework Louisiana, test prep tutorials, and the Best Buy Teen Tech Center, which allows creative youth access to new tech all for free? nola.com/gambit/news/th…

#NowReading ➡️: "...one in three Americans faces especially grim prospects of finding a stable home due to previous arrests or convictions."

Just got a call from World Central Kitchen and they are back on the ground in New Orleans to help post-storm. If y'all hear of people in need of meals or aid post-storm, please DM me so we can start the process of getting people help as quickly as possible. For emergencies dial 911. ❤⚜

“It’ll make you feel violated, it’ll make you feel wronged, it’ll make you humiliated, it’ll mess your mind up... This is like a torture thing.”

NOLAREADY: Francine expected to make landfall along LA coast this evening as a Cat 1. By 11 AM, everyone in NOLA should stay off the roads and shelter in place.

Despite a continued onslaught of "tough-on-crime" policies passed by our #lalege & grounded in the belief that the threat of incarceration will make ppl think twice before harm occurs, #Louisiana sentences the most children to die in prison per capita than any other US state.

Tonight at 7PM: Join Loyola NOLA Law and The St. Charles Center for Faith + Action for a screening of the award-winning Netflix documentary Daughters, followed by thought-provoking panel discussion.