The Alliance Institute

06/02/2017

Office Supply Giveaway & Happy Hour! Alliance Institute & OPEN - E'rething You Need. 3321 Tulane 4pm - 7pm today (Friday June 2)

10/13/2016

Dr. Avis in preparation for tonight's book signing

09/20/2016

The October 2016 edition of the American Journal of Public Health has a special section on the Black Panther Party and their impact on Public Health. A tour de force considering the world we are living in today. We've listed the article titles below and you can access them here
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/106/10 (you will need to scroll down to get to the articles)

Enjoy!

AJPH SPECIAL SECTION: BLACK PANTHER PARTY

Unveiling the Black Panther Party Legacy to Public Health
Alfredo Morabia

The Longue Durée of Black Lives Matter
Alondra Nelson

The First Community Health Center in Mississippi: Communities Empowering Themselves
H. Jack Geiger

Beyond Berets: The Black Panthers as Health Activists
Mary T. Bassett

“Genuine Struggle and Care”: An Interview With Cleo Silvers
Alondra Nelson

Reclaiming the White Coat for Black Lives
Amy Garvey, Denzel R. Woode, Charlotte S. Austin, for the White Coats for Black Lives National Working Group

White Coats for Black Lives: Young Voices Within Medicine
Amy Garvey, Jonathan Gomez, Stephanie Pottinger, Ashley Paige White-Stern, for the White Coats for Black Lives National Working Group

Quentin Young on the Black Panther Party Free Clinic in Chicago

Working With the Panthers to Transform Health Care for Poor Black Communities
Theodore M. Brown

07/21/2016

Dear Community Leader,

Together Louisiana, a statewide coalition of community organizations affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation, the nation’s oldest and largest community organizing network, is hosting a Tax Fairness Civic Academy on Thursday, July 28th from 7 p.m. till 8:30 p.m. at The Propeller on 4035 Washington Ave. New Orleans.

The goal of this event is to begin to introduce to New Orleans Area institutional and community leaders the facts about our state tax structure and its impact on our budget. For example, Louisiana currently has the nation’s most generous system of tax exemptions. If Louisiana moved from first in the generosity of our exemptions to second we could restore the 57% cuts to higher education that have occurred over the last few years, fill the current budget deficit and pay for universal pre-K.

Another impact of our current tax structure is that over the last 8 years the income of the bottom 99% of Louisiana Tax payers have gone down, while the incomes of the top 1% have gone up 137% while their taxes have been decreasing. Together Louisiana is currently conducting a statewide Tax Fairness Campaign to build a constituency for tax reform. The Thursday, July 28th 7 p.m. Civic Academy at The Propeller is the first step in the New Orleans Tax Fairness Campaign.

You can register for this event by clicking the button below and you can register other people as well.

For more information contact:

Rev. Darcy Roake (347) 218-0285, [email protected]
Mike Robertshaw (504) 373-2074, [email protected]
Rebecca Atkinson (601) 658-2095, [email protected]
Valerie Bouldin (336) 317-4329, [email protected]
RSVP through this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/together-louisiana-tax-fairness-civic-academy-tickets-26685954408

Together Louisiana Tax Fairness Civic Academy, Thursday, July 28th 7 p.m. at the Propeller, 4035 Washington Ave., New Orleans LA. Come and learn about the impact of our regressive tax structure on our communities and begin to build a constituency for Tax Fairness.

05/11/2016

Alliance Institute Executive Director, Stephen Bradberry, at (and hosted by) U.S. Mission Geneva discussing Climate Change & Human Rights from the perspective of agreements stemming from the 2015 Paris Agreements. Delegates include Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights RFK Human Rights - Speak Truth To Power; as well as the European Union, Switzerland, Morocco, United States, Canada, and the Holy see

05/10/2016

Pics of Kantonsschule Enge, the largest high school in Zurich, Switzerland. Alliance Institute's Executive Director, Stephen Bradberry spoke with students on issues from hurricane Katrina, BP oil disaster, climate change and human rights. The event was co-sponsored by Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Foundation Switzerland & Myclimate.org as part of the development of student projects for lowering our climate impact. The winner gets a trip to Monaco to meet Solar Impulse, the solar-powered airplane!

04/28/2016

Conversation on the intersection of Climate Change and Human Rights RFK Center for Justice and Human RIghts

03/21/2016

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. What will you do to battle racism?

Wny not start by donating to Robert Kenedy Human Rights?

http://bit.ly/makeadifferencerfk

03/14/2016

Congratulations to our old friend Julie Kuklinski! Julie's at the forefront of empowering women along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and has been for a good while now.

Srinivasan: Julie Kuklinski of Biloxi works to ensure women have tools to achieve economic independence.

03/01/2016

The Alliance Institute's Executive Director, Stephen Bradberry will be in Zurich this May discussing Human Rights and Climate Change. Thanks to the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (foundation Switzerland) for the opportunity to share our work and vision!

10 May 2016Human Rights & Climate Change: Stephen Bradberry and the experience of low-income communities after Hurricane Katrina

01/14/2016

Congratulations to our good friend Dr Lisa Bates on such a prestigious designation.

Dr. Lisa Bates, associate professor in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, just received the 2016 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning from Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. Bates won the Scholar Prize and Hector Verdugo of Homeboy Industries won the Practitioner Prize. This year's theme was Planning for Community Self-Determination and Racial Justice.

"Dr. Bates is a national leader in pursuing racial equity through activist scholarship and advocacy. Her work empowers community activists and disenfranchised communities, along with planning scholars and practitioners, with knowledge to create equitable housing policies."

Read more about the Dale prize at www.cpp.edu/urp/daleprize.