400 YEARS IS NOT A TREND: COVID-19

and its Impact on the African-American Community A NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE ANALYSIS by Tribune Staff By now, everyone likely knows that African Americans, who comprise only 32 percent of the…

Metro Disposal Labor Pains

What Happens When a Growing Black Business is in the Crosshairs of a National Union By Jeff Thomas Brothers Jimmie and Glenn Woods started Metro Disposal (a/k/a Metro Service Group,…

How To Get Your Mind Right

In a Phase 1 Environment By Kenneth Cooper Stay At Home Order Day 61: Yes, I know this has left some of you tired. I know this has left some…

Sit Still Sit Quiet – Pt 2

A Millennial’s Look at a Global Pandemic Part 2by Jordan Rock It’s astonishing to compare the United States of the early 2000’s to now. Do you remember 911? There hadn’t…

THE GUMBO COALITION

A LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK By C.C. Campbell-Rock The outcry for leadership in America is deafening. The inability of a president to lead the country through what is arguably the biggest catastrophe…

City of New Orleans Phase One

For a Safe Reopening BEGINNING MAY 16, 2020 Phase One: Safest at Home Phase One will ease the Stay Home Order and restrictions on some low-risk operations, while implementing limits on occupancy,…

Leadership During a Crisis

Supporting Your Team AND Taking Care of Yourself by Sara Canaday Google images Source: Google images Leadership these days is challenging enough without throwing a global health emergency into the…

Mayoral Town Hall

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Sit Still – Sit Quiet

A Millennial Rant about a Global PandemicPart 1 by Jordan Rock I’ve been with America through a lot of crises. Let me rephrase that. I’m a Millennial. I was born…

SACRIFICIAL LAMBS

By C.C. Campbell-Rock As the coronavirus pandemic courses through America, thousands of United States citizens are being sacrificed on the altar of the U.S. economy. The elderly, the incarcerated, and…