Play Therapy: Art and Reparations
by Orissa Arend The play is “Reparations with OT and Mama NOLA” commissioned for performance at the Justice and Beyond Reparations Town Hall on March 12 and then performed again…
A White Girl’s Reflections on Reparations
by Orissa Arend Local organizing coalition Justice and Beyond (J&B), Ashe Cultural Arts Center, and the National African American Commission on Reparations joined forces on March 12 to assemble a…
Reparations Town Hall Meeting
by Orissa Arend Local organizing coalition Justice and Beyond, the National African American Reparations Commission, and Ashe Cultural Arts Center are hosting a “Reparations Town Hall Meeting” on Saturday March…
Pandemic dialogue with family and friends
In my recent pandemic rant, I railed against adults, who, for no good reason, refused to get vaccinated. I argued that it constitutes reckless endangerment of our children. As I…
Reparations in New Orleans – Part 2
By Orissa Arend A few cities – Evanston, Ill, Ashville, NC, St. Louis, MO – are taking concrete steps toward reparations for African Americans. Slavery, Jim Crow, and the racism…
Reparations for African Americans in New Orleans?
Is it possible that reparations for African Americans is becoming a politically viable point of discussion and action in New Orleans? We are about to find out. On July 27th…
Our babies are getting sick!
A Pandemic Rant by Orissa Arend The other day I was playing tennis with my friend Bertha O’Neal. I count on tennis to be my sanity lifeline against COVID obsession.…
A Look at the Byron Cole Instagram Post
Can this street fracas be mediated? An article in The Advocate on May 8 entitled Angry N.O. Block party clash goes viral caught my attention. First because I saw such…
Reflections on the Cult of Trumpism
by Orissa Arend Before the presidential election I assumed the cult of Trumpism could be explained by people being racist or stupid or both. After so many of us voted…
City Council Teams Up with Entergy
Court Battle Involving the Paid Actors Scandal by Orissa Arend If you haven’t been paying close attention lately to the City Council’s position on Entergy’s proposed gas plant in New…