The Nola Files
The Nola FilesDoing Good - Featuring the great organizations we have had the pleasure to work with, those of us helping New Orleans tackle it's many issues / Curious Tourist - Some common questions about the city we hear from visitors / Interviews - Our chance to talk to interesting follks in hte community / The Index - This is a rolling A-Z of topics that have shaped the city / The Dirt - Our own ramblings, experiences and opinions
Community & Culture Tipitina’s Foundation supports Louisiana and New Orleans' irreplaceable music community and preserves the state’s unique musical cultures. The Foundation grew out of the Tip...
New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Foundation
There when you need them. “Call an ambulance” is not something you want to hear, but that is the moment that New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NOEMSF) has been preparing for. They ...
Autism Society of Greater New Orleans
Dignified Lives. With appropriate education, vocational training, community living options and support systems, individuals with autism can lead dignified, productive lives in their communities and...
This organization is one of our partners at ScreensforGood.com. Fixing More Than Homes. The traditional disaster recovery model that the United States has used for the past 30 years, is broken. Di...
Restore the Mississippi River Delta
We Still Need More Louisiana. Restore the Mississippi River Delta is the southern super-group of environmental organizations. Comprised of The Environmental Defense Fund, The National Audubon Socie...
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
Your Contemporary Community. The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), began as an artist-run, artist-driven community organization. In the four decades that followed, the CAC has become a hub for the vi...
Safer Cycling. Bike Easy has been making New Orleans a safer place for cyclists since 2003. This organization is volunteer-run and guided by a Board of Directors whose mission is threefold. Their o...
This organization is one of our partners at ScreensforGood.com. Telling our community's stories. WWNO 89.9 FM provides a non-commercial source of radio news, music and cultural programming to ove...
One Dollar Provides 4 Meals. The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank provided 8.7 million meals to people in 11 parishes in 2015 alone. Over half that number includes children and seniors. The recent mas...
Raising the Volume : Lowernine.org
Raising the Volume In 2005, 100% of Lower Ninth Ward homes were rendered uninhabitable due to the levees breaching. Though low in financial resources, this historic African-American neighborhood, ...
Unprisoned: Stories from the System
How are we doing time outside? Unprisoned is a public radio project which began in November 2015 as part of the Association of Independents in Radio's (AIR) national initiative, Finding America. U...
Education is Freedom. Bivian Lee, Jr., was an NFL defensive back for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1975. Tragically, in 1984 Bivian died at the young age of 36 after suffering a heart attack....
Here we share things we find interesting about New Orleans and the Gulf South, organizations and people that deserve more attention and answer some questions about the area.
