Tiye LeVias Yayu for City Council District D

Tiye LeVias Yayu for City Council District D Planning & Zoning Commissioner | Founder of Bogalusa Free Community Closet | CEO of RCML Food Pantry – USDA authorized.

A public servant committed to safer neighborhoods, infrastructure, and fair representation and resource distribution for District D.

02/15/2026

Tiye LeVias Yayu

02/15/2026

✨ Community Conversation – District D ✨

I would truly like to hear from District D — and from residents across our city.

• What do you need from your City Council representative?
• Do you feel heard?
• Do you feel action is taken after you file a complaint?
• Are work orders being filed and completed?
• Do you feel safe in your neighborhood?
• Do you believe District D receives its fair share of city resources?

Your voice matters. Listening comes before leadership.

Please share respectfully. I am here to learn and to serve.

— Tiye LeVias Yayu

God Bless

02/15/2026

Bio

🌿 About Tiye LeVias Yayu

Tiye LeVias Yayu is a candidate for Bogalusa City Council – District D and a lifelong servant of the Bogalusa community.

Tiye currently serves as a Planning & Zoning Commissioner and previously served on the Bogalusa Charter School Board. Tiye is the Founder of the Bogalusa Free Community Closet, created to provide free clothing, furniture, heaters, blankets, and essential items to residents in need. Tiye is also a member of Bogalusa Strong and served as Vice President of Bogalusa Helping Hands.

As former President of BCAC, Tiye helped organize youth-focused, family, and community events that brought residents together. After BCAC was nominated to assume leadership of the defunct Bogalusa Parks and Recreation Department, Tiye appeared before the City Council on behalf of the organization, and BCAC was successfully appointed through a unanimous vote.

As CEO of RCML Food Pantry, Inc., Tiye has led and sustained large-scale food distribution efforts across Bogalusa and Washington Parish. RCML is an authorized USDA food pantry and operates from a building provided by the City of Bogalusa — reflecting accountability, partnership, and community trust.

During one year alone, RCML distributed more than 2.1 million pounds of food after establishing a parish-wide POD (Point of Distribution) system to ensure resources were distributed equitably throughout Washington Parish. RCML continues regular food distribution in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank and collaborates with other local organizations by supplying food boxes for their clients.

When Catholic Charities ceased local food distribution, RCML stepped in to continue service at the American Legion Hall, the Center for Aging, and Westminster Senior Housing. Tiye’s work has also included purchasing groceries for families in crisis, creating comprehensive community resource lists, helping raise funds to prevent evictions — including for families in HUD housing — and coordinating the distribution of more than 800 holiday turkeys annually for three consecutive years.

Before RCML expanded, Tiye personally helped distribute food from home in partnership with local faith leaders, demonstrating a hands-on commitment to meeting immediate needs.

Raised in a family deeply rooted in faith and service, Tiye learned early that leadership is not about titles — it is about responsibility, integrity, and showing up for others. A simple principle continues to guide that work: serve first.

This campaign focuses on:
• Safer neighborhoods
• Addressing infrastructure and everyday concerns like potholes
• Fair distribution of city resources ***
• Being a strong, listening voice for District D

Tiye believes effective leadership begins with listening, is strengthened by integrity, and succeeds when the community works together.

“It is always a community effort.”

Tiye LeVias Yayu for City Council-District D

02/15/2026

Campaigns Should Build — Not Break

As I’ve shared before, I truly believe campaigns should be about lifting up your candidate — not tearing down someone else.

If you support someone, share why.
Share their vision.
Share their work.
Share their heart for District D.

But let’s not go negative about any opponent. That doesn’t help our city, and it doesn’t move us forward.

Anyone who chooses to run for office does so because they believe they can make a difference. That alone deserves respect.

Bogalusa is already facing enough challenges. We don’t need division added to the list.

Let’s focus on the issues.
Let’s talk about solutions.
Let’s talk about the future of District D.

I have lived my life in service and integrity, and I am at peace with that. What anyone chooses to say is between them and God.

I love my city. I love District D. And I believe we can have a strong, respectful campaign season that reflects the very best of who we are.

Please keep it positive. Share why your candidate deserves your vote.

Where there is unity, there is strength. ❤️

Just my thoughts.

God bless,
Tiye LeVias Yayu

02/15/2026

📌 Full Campaign Statement

Campaign Kickoff & Community Introduction

Good evening everyone,

For those who may not know me yet, my name is Tiye LeVias Yayu, and I am honored to officially announce that I am running for City Council, District D, here in Bogalusa, Louisiana.

I’m not running for a title — I’m running to serve people. Service is not new to me. It’s how I was raised, and it’s how I live.

I currently serve as a Planning and Zoning Commissioner, and I am the CEO of RCML Food Pantry, Inc., where our work—alongside community partners—has focused on meeting real needs right here at home. I am also the founder of the Bogalusa Free Community Closet, created to ensure families have access to essential items with dignity.

My commitment to this community runs deep. I come from a long family lineage of service. My father served this community for 55 years, and from the time I was a toddler, my grandmother took me with her every Saturday to serve others. Service wasn’t something I learned later in life — it was lived and modeled for me from the beginning.

Whether it is providing free food boxes, diaper and formula giveaways, helping families avoid eviction by paying rent during times of crisis, buying groceries for those in need, securing hotel rooms for mothers fleeing domestic violence and homeless families, or arranging rides to rehab and detox centers — RCML has remained on call 24/7 when our community needed help most.

District D deserves someone who cares — and I care.
District D deserves someone who will listen — and I will listen.
District D deserves someone who will be a strong voice — and I will be that voice.

I believe what many of us believe — that real change does not come from one person alone. My guiding principle has always been: “It is always a community effort.” That is exactly how I plan to lead — together, with you.

Together, we can work toward safer neighborhoods, address everyday quality-of-life issues like infrastructure and potholes, and make sure District D receives its fair share of city resources.

This campaign is not about promises — it is about partnership. I want to hear from you. I want to listen. And I want to work alongside you to move District D forward. ❤

Thank you for your support, your prayers, and your encouragement.

Together, we can make District D stronger.
Together, we can get things done.

—
Tiye LeVias Yayu
Candidate for City Council, District D

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Bogalusa, LA

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