05/29/2024
New! Stephen Handwerk helps host Lynda Woolard debrief Louisiana Democratic Party elections. Here we come full circle from our January 2023 conversation on “Demystifying Party Chair Elections.” Links in comments.
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05/21/2024
Congratulations to our May Louisiana , Dr. Angelle Bradford, for graduating from Tulane with her doctorate in biomedical sciences! While completing all her studies, Angelle has led the Louisiana Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun violence prevention organization, as well as advised for Sierra Club Student Coalitions and youth climate organizers in Louisiana, per her role with the Sierra Club - Delta Chapter (Louisiana). This year she was president of the Bio Medical Sciences Student Association with a goal of tackling concerns around equity & diversity and making healthcare more accessible to students. This week she’s also celebrating a birthday with her twin sister, Kaitlyn Joshua, who was last month’s OOTM awardee, so activism and organizing really does run in the family!
04/30/2024
Bonus! Randal L. Gaines, new chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party, talks about his initial plans for rebuilding & rehabbing the organization. Available on major podcast apps & our website.
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04/16/2024
Gratitude to Kaitlyn Joshua, our April , for her advocacy around Black maternal health. She’s been working to help other women and families by sharing her traumatic experience navigating Louisiana’s reproductive healthcare system with a national audience. Through telling her personal story on the trail with the Biden-Harris campaign and speaking out in a Black Maternal Health Week feature in Ebony Magazine, she’s truly offering a first hand account of what life is like for so many women - and Black women in particular - in our state post-Roe. Born and raised in Louisiana, she fights to make her home state more just and equitable for all, as well as a safe place for her own children to grow up and thrive. Her bravery and generosity in this mission is an extension of the community and faith-based organizing she’s been engaged in for years through Step Up Louisiana and the Power Coalition. Thank you for all you do for Louisiana, Kaitlyn!
03/27/2024
Big thanks to Travis Dardar, our , for his ongoing community organizing, and in particular his recent work to get the Biden administration to pause approving decisions on LNG exports so that the Department of Energy can review its standards for those approvals. We see you and we love you, Travis!
03/23/2024
Thank you for your support, Dr. Shawn Wilson!
“Today is Election Day! Everyone registered can have their votes counted.
Elections really do have consequences. Louisiana Democrats have an opportunity for a fresh start. Blue Reboot has a slate of candidates who are ready to put in the work to rebuild our party.
The current party leader failed us in the last election. It’s time to elect leadership that reflects the voters of this state — and a chair who won’t put personal ambition ahead of the people they are elected to serve.
The polls are open now until 8:00 PM. Please... Go Vote!“
Find the Blue Reboot candidates in your district at bluerebootla.org
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03/19/2024
Available now! Our webinar with Westley Bayas III on Campaign Finance Disclosure. Learn how to read the data to learn more about candidates you support or oppose. And find out how finance reports can help you hold elected officials & parties accountable.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/6-mV_q4lRW4?si=TILBsUsqnoMh6Gxo
03/07/2024
Early Voting starts this Saturday!
Save the party - Save the state!
03/02/2024
Register here: https://bit.ly/LAcampaignfinance
02/29/2024
You're invited! On Wednesday, March 13 at 6pm CT, Westley Bayas will lead a webinar on how to research Campaign Finance Disclosures. Join us live by registering in advance: https://bit.ly/LAcampaignfinance
02/27/2024
New Episode! This week we’re talking DPECs. Democratic Parish Executive Committees: What are they and what can they do? Listen on your favorite podcast app or at https://louisianalefty.rocks
02/20/2024
Shout out to Dawn Chanet Collins, our February ! Her organizing history is LONG from the Barack Obama campaign in 2008 to running local winning campaigns, including her own! We highlight her this month to bring attention to next month’s Roots Camp Louisiana, which she’s been coordinating annually for over a decade. If you are a progressive in Louisiana, this is an event you want to get to! Check out Roots Camp here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rootscamp-conference-2024-tickets-793347643157?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=&utm-term=&utm-share-source=mobile-search-results&fbclid=PAAaZ_h88EPRXtFCupBtXRgox-gIfjtlPaxY421lxLoYztu24jvbSodukFdAc_aem_AXhKQF8_AqFFUuJm2iKNFYL0jL-fvHXK3ezPXPMI6OeAg7j_GNtmIBpQG9m3cD0CsPM
02/02/2024
Reminder for those interested:
We have a Q&A with Stephen Handwerk on DPECs this Saturday at 11am. It will be recorded and shared via podcast. But you can attend the zoom to ask all your questions.
12/27/2023
New! Robert Mann, LSU professor, political historian, and former comms for Russell Long, John Breaux, and Kathleen Blanco, speaks about the changes needed at the Louisiana Democratic Party and the concerns he has for the state as a new administration begins. Listen on major podcast apps or at: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-9-warning-signal-with-robert-mann/
12/20/2023
Our closing Louisiana for 2023 is India Reed! India is born and raised in New Orleans and has been a registered nurse in the city for twelve years. She is currently a nurse at University Medical Center and has been there for over nine years. She helped lead the effort to organize nurses at UMC, which is now the first unionized private sector hospital in the state. She is now a member of the Facility Bargaining Council and helping to secure a strong first union contract to improve nurse retention and patient care. She is excited to be able to advocate for her patients and for the community at the bargaining table and to fight for a more just healthcare system. She hopes their organizing effort at UMC inspires other workers to organize in Louisiana. Thank you for all you do, India!
12/13/2023
Point of Personal Privilege: host Lynda Woolard celebrates her father, Ed Woolard, who recently passed away. This week she shares a previous interview on bipartisanship she did with him via Zoom when they were still separated by covid. The fun part for the listener is that Ed was a bit of a legend with quite a storied life, which very much comes across in the podcast. Listen on major podcast apps or https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-8-i-love-you-3000-with-ed-woolard/
11/28/2023
New episode! Andrew Tuozzolo, Chief of Staff to New Orleans City Council Vice President Helena Moreno, as well as lawyer and politico, joins host Lynda Woolard for an insiders’ walk through the recent past, the present, and the future of state Democratic Party politics in Louisiana. Listen on your favorite podcast app or our website: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-7-politics-and-thunder-with-andrew-tuozzolo/
11/25/2023
In November we are grateful for Organizers! Today we celebrate Kristen Luchsinger. Kristen is a founding member and current board member of the St Tammany Library Alliance, which has been recently recognized for being a model anti-censorship organization nation-wide. Every activist in St. Tammany knows Kristen because she is seemingly everywhere in the parish at once. Kristen campaigned for Katie Darling for Louisiana for Congress, in addition to many other Democratic candidates, is an active supporter of women’s rights and the BLM movement, and is one of Q***r Northshore’s fiercest allies. She’s helped organize multiple events, including Women’s Marches in New Orleans and Covington, a vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a courthouse protest against Trump, rallies for Black Lives Matter, for LGBTQ+ rights, and against book bans, as well as parades for Pride and Juneteenth. She works full time at her salon and is currently in school, but she's still giving her all every day to make our state more inclusive. Thank you for all you do for Louisiana, Kristen!
11/23/2023
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11/14/2023
SBP’s Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg sat down with us to talk about their Louisiana origins in disaster recovery & their work today throughout the United States. SBP has a stated goal of reducing the time between disaster and recovery. Their work has expanded beyond the important mission of rebuilding individual homes to a wide-ranging approach towards disaster preparedness and recovery, which includes their five interventions: Build, Share, Prepare, Advise, and Advocate. Organizations like SBP will be all the more critical for the people of Louisiana as a new political reality sets in. Available on major podcast apps and our website: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-6-building-heroes-with-liz-mccartney-zack-rosenburg/
10/31/2023
Creating a functioning Louisiana Democratic Party is an existential issue for the survival of our state. (No hyperbole.) DSCC members joined us to talk about the possibilities and how YOU can be involved in making change. Available on major podcast apps & our website. Check out the episode notes for more info. 🔗: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-a-better-democratic-party-with-dscc-members/
10/17/2023
Meet October’s Louisiana , Ashley Hill Hamilton. Ashley is an organizer with the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights. She has been working in collaboration with other youth justice advocates like the ACLU of Louisiana, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC), and the Power Coalition to have incarcerated youth removed from Angola. Also know as the Uptown Doula, Ashley's juvenile justice advocacy intersects with her work in reproductive health justice, which ultimately aims to protect and create safe environments for children. She has worked extensively to dismantle inequities in the healthcare system using evidence-based care and a harm reduction framework in caring for Black people entering the medical industrial complex. Ashley has led Equity Labs for the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, organizing hospital administration, physicians, community organizations, and people of lived experience to implement evidence-based practices in hospitals to reduce complications and improve equity, dignity, and safety to ultimately improve outcomes for Black mothers during the perinatal period. She was instrumental in the Medicaid Reimbursement bill for Doulas and Midwives and participated in study resolutions for HCR85, which aimed to examine policies relative to certain health issues of incarcerated women. She worked with the Department of Corrections towards the implementation of The Prison Doula Project and served on the work group for the Louisiana Stop Solitary Coalition.
10/14/2023
Guess what day it is! Election Day, Louisiana! !
10/10/2023
New! Mandie Landry returns to the podcast to talk about Climate, Insurance, the Democratic Party & more! Listen on major podcast platforms & our website: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-5-the-good-landry-with-mandie-landry/
09/26/2023
New today! Shawn Wilson for Governor speaks about his lifetime of leadership. As Dr. Wilson tells it, public service is his ministry, and he’s framed his campaign from Day One as a Bridge Builder, who can not only accomplish the literal work of government administration, but can also bring people together and cut through the divisions that so often hinder progress in our state. Available on major podcast platforms & at our website: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/6-4-man-of-steel-with-shawn-wilson/
09/21/2023
Before recording an upcoming episode, Shawn Wilson for Governor talked to us about the three Southern states -- Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky -- with governor's races on the ballot this year. Andy Beshear Commissioner Brandon Presley
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Lefty Lagniappe with Shawn Wilson for Governor
Before recording an upcoming episode, Shawn Wilson for Governor talked to us about the three Southern states -- Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky -- with governor's races on the ballot this year. #LeftyLagniappe Andy Beshear Commissioner Brandon Presley
Lefty Lagniappe with Dustin Granger
Before recording an upcoming episode, Dustin Granger for Treasurer talked to us about Jeff Landry boycotting the governor's debate, using the excuse that one of the sponsors was the Urban League of Louisiana. #LeftyLagniappe
D’Seanté Parks demonstrates the 1000 MORE app! Learn more about it on her Louisiana Lefty episode: https://louisianalefty.rocks/podcasts/5-9-1000-more-with-dseante-parks/ #leftylagniappe
Lefty Lagniappe with Joel Emerson
Before recording an upcoming episode, Joel Emerson, from the Universe progressive organizing app and the newly-formed People Power & Light, speaks to host Lynda Woolard about the need for the Democratic Party to meet young voters where they are.
Happy Earth Day! Celebrate appropriately! 🤗 🌎 ❤️
Lefty Lagniappe with PSC Davante Lewis
Before recording an upcoming podcast, newly elected Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis talks to host Lynda Woolard about recent events with the Tennessee Three, the expulsions of Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, and the lessons learned from that whole episode.
Lefty Lagniappe with Media and Democracy Project
Before recording an upcoming episode, Brian Hansbury, co-founder of the Media and Democracy Project, talked to host Lynda Woolard about the former president's arrest and the need to hold media accountable in how they tell the stories of our democracy.
Lefty Lagniappe with Ciara Hart
Happy International Women's Day! Listen to two Louisiana women talking about Democratic candidates in this year's statewide elections. (Ciara Hart of Young Democrats of Louisiana speaks with host Lynda Woolard before recording our next Lefty episode.)
Lefty Lagniappe with Kirk Green
Before recording next week's episode, educator Kirk Green and host Lynda Woolard talked about Gov. John Bel Edwards' final budget and his requested pay raise for teachers and school support staff. Find your legislators here & let them know you want to support education in Louisiana: https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/findmylegislators.aspx
Louisiana Lefty Goes To Washington
Happy New Year from all of us at Louisiana Lefty!
Huge shout out to Brandon Johnson - a/k/a Trancelot on Twitter - for our animated Lefty logo! We’ve added it to the intro of our YouTube video with Decarcerate Louisiana: https://youtu.be/2E2TFLEyW-w
Lefty Lagniappe with Sam Spitale
Before recording a podcast with Sam Spitale, we tease his new book "How To Win the War on Truth" and talk a bit about Twitter's new Chief Twit.
Lefty Lagniappe with Omari Ho-Sang
Before recording an upcoming podcast, Omari Ho-Song of the Louisiana chapter of Black Voters Matter spoke to us about election results and the confusion around Constitutional Amendment 7, that put slavery on the ballot. See more about CA7 from Omari's radio segment with Decarcerate Louisiana's Curtis Davis here: https://fb.watch/gMX-ITKzFc/
Lefty Lagniappe with Chris Pourciau
Before recording an upcoming podcast with Chris Pourciau, we discuss the midterm elections. Please make sure you vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8th!
Lefty Lagniappe with Madison Smither
Before recording our latest episode with Madison Smither, we took a few minutes to talk about the "managed retreat" debate that always follows destructive Gulf Coast hurricanes, like Ian and Katrina.
Lefty Lagniappe with Michael Hobbs
Before recording this week's podcast, Michael Hobbs and host Lynda Woolard had a chat about media distractions - like the coverage of Queen Elizabeth's funeral - and the need to keep refocusing the national conversation on the extremist ideology of the GOP.
Lefty Lagniappe with the EPA
Louisiana! We currently have a very responsive Environmental Protection Agency, but they can only help us if we report issues immediately so they can test before rains, floods, traffic or time cover up potentially toxic substances. Please be sure to report any concerns to the EPA’s National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802. You can also report to our local EPA for Region 6: 1-866-372-7745. Thanks to Nabil Mzee for coming to New Orleans from the Dallas office to check on Louisiana.
Lefty Lagniappe with Sara Tabatabaie
Before recording an upcoming episode, Sara Tabatabaie of VOTEPROCHOICE talked to host Lynda Woolard about the largest known advocacy donation in U.S. history, going directly to fund conservative fights across the country, and the odds of the left countering the right's big money game.
Lefty Lagniappe with Drew Prestridge
Before recording an upcoming episode, Drew Prestridge talked to host Lynda Woolard about recent worrying Supreme Court decisions.
