Northshore Black Elected Officials Coalition & Associates-NBEOCA

06/19/2020

NOW

Happy Juneteenth, E! I’d like to share why it’s vitally important to honor our ancestral fight for Black freedom.

In your grade school classes, you were likely taught that enslaved Black people were granted freedom when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.1 Unfortunately, we were spoonfed an oversimplified revisionist history.

The truth is, President Lincoln intended to preserve the Union rather than abolish slavery in its entirety.2 The Emancipation Proclamation states "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."3 What this truly means is that slavery was fully intact among southern states and the promise of slavery abolition was dependent on a Civil War victory, which occurred in April 1865.

Time and time again, the promise of our ancestors’ freedom has been delayed, contingent, and deprioritized. It wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas that emancipation became a truer reality. There, the army announced that over 250,000 Black enslaved people were granted freedom via executive decree.4

Juneteenth commemorates the day when the last enslaved Black people in Texas were finally granted freedom according to law. Although slavery legally ended, uninhibited freedom still has not become a reality for all Black people in the United States. Our ancestors were taunted and lynched profusely by white supremacist individuals and organizations like the K*K during the Reconstruction era. Then Jim Crow laws turned Black people into second-class citizens through enforced racial segregation until 1965 with the passing of the Voting Rights Act. And today, we are experiencing police brutality, redlining, voter suppression, and mass incarceration simultaneously.

Our history is rife with injustice and we've got a ways to go before all Black people are free from systemic racism. But now more than ever, I encourage you to honor and celebrate the legacy of Black resilience and freedom by making sure you and your community members are registered to vote.

I cannot promise that voting will immediately solve inequities Black people experience every day in this country. But it is one of the best ways we can use our voices to elect leaders that are accountable to Black communities and understand that we need change now.

We are our ancestors’ wildest dreams. Let’s take that dream even further and envision a world where all Black lives not only matter, but are cherished and protected equally.

CONFIRM YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION

REGISTER 5 OF YOUR FRIENDS NOW

06/13/2020

Will this settle the purpose of the confederate flag?

05/26/2020

BLACK People, we must hold firm without wavering to the change we want to see and never forget that we have within us everything we need to break preconceived barriers. That does not mean we are against other races but we must begin to be our own solution, collectively!

If we fight against each other, we will not have enough time to focus our advancement, while others are constantly making progress with securing their legacy. We should be so focused that what we do inspire positive change or better yet, let what we stand for today be what paves the way for future generations because there is no way they should have the same fight to fight as us today.

To advance is possible, but if we are going to solidify our place in this world we must UNITE. There are many who have heard and seen how we are treated, and they are willing to stand with us, but we must first stand in unity.

04/30/2020

How long will the Senate allow 45 to cause more harm than good: stumbling, bumbling, lying imposter of a President!

Nassetta said "of course we worry about it." Customers are "desperate" to get back out and travel, he said, but want safety. He continued: "...Our customers are saying they're looking for the government, both state and federal government, to focus on testing so that they understand, you know, what real mortality rates are..."

Nassetta argued that more testing would help customers understand that people who are not elderly or infirm are probably at much lower risk than originally estimated. Then, after touting a new Hilton cleanliness program, Nassetta said his customers "want to know that people are being responsible. Right? They want to know that we are doing the testing, the social distancing..."

04/26/2020

And there you have it!!!
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04/17/2020

It’s time to get back to work!

GOP Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin ran into a wall of opposition from his fellow Republicans — including objections from the state Republican Party — for his proposal.

With a 5-1 vote, the Senate and Governmental Affairs rejected an emergency certification that Ardoin needed to move ahead with the changes to polling places, early voting timelines and absentee-by-mail voting eligibility. Sen. Ed Price of Gonzales, the only Democrat to attend the hearing, was the lone supporter.

04/11/2020

Think about it ...

03/16/2017

01/05/2017

ATTENTION MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES, AND FRIENDS!!!!

We will resume our bi-monthly meetings 3rd Saturdays at 9am in MARCH. Thank you for your dedication to serving the North Shore. Please be sure to send dues to:
NBEOCA
P.O. Box 143,
Bogalusa, LA. 70429.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!!!!

06/05/2016

3rd SATURDAY is coming soon!! We're headed to St. Helena to Police Juror Major Coleman, Kentwood Mayor Irma Gordan, Councilman Jonathan Foster, and many other great leaders of St. Helena Parish. See you soon!!