Thanks to the following participants:
CSE Federal Credit Union
MidSouth Bank
Merchant & Farmers Bank
Pedestal Bank
First National Bank
First Federal Bank
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury & Calcasieu Parish Human Services
Pridestaff
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office
SWLA Law Center
City of Lake Charles
Lutricia Cobb Real Estate
Jacquetta White, Keller Williams Realty Lake Charles
July 3rd, 2012 A Community Voice members protest for jobs in the Lower 9th Ward. Residents came out to picket for jobs because recovery projects such as the streetscape improvements to N. Claiborne and St. Claude Ave. use out of town companies who fail to comply with Section 3 laws and hire residents from the community.
This is the first of many such protests to win jobs for residents.
June 28th, 2012 Over 200 residents came out to the A Community Voice Hire NOLA jobs forum at First Grace United Methodist Church on Canal Street against the issue of jobs for residents. Billions of recovery dollars have flooded New Orleans. Yet, local minority contractors and local residents are denied the opportunity to apply for contracts and gain jobs in the recovery effort. There are no training programs or enforcement on companies to hire local residents. Time and time again these good-paying jobs have gone workers outside the State. ACV is building up a database of employees and fighting for jobs for all residents. If you need a job, call ACV at 504-941-2852 to get in our jobs database and be invited to the next meeting. Together, we can win jobs!
A Community Voice held a meeting on May 10th, 2012 in the Lower 9th Ward with city officials to get an update on rebuilding progress in the Lower 9 and demand jobs for residents on the rebuilding projects such as the Streetscape project on N. Claiborne and St. Claude Avenue and the rebuilding of the Sanchez community center. Over 100 residents signed up to be in the database for jobs. Way to go ACV!
On May 8th, 2012, A Community Voice members attending a press conference in support of the 12 workers of Aramark who were fired by the Recovery School District (RSD) for no reason ~ some with over 20 years of service.
