As cities across the nation grapple with their response to mass uprisings following the police killing of George Floyd, advocates and organizers in New Orleans continue to take to the streets this week to demand policy reform.
Advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court ruling on Monday providing workplace protections for trans workers, but say trans people in America still face systemic discrimination, especially trans Black people. This Friday also marks Juneteenth, a major national holiday marking the end of slavery in 1865, when Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were free.
All week long, rallies and actions are planned to demand police accountability, defunding the NOPD, support for essential workers, and protections for people who are transgender.
Tuesday
Justice For Westbank
Noon
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office
Organized by families of people killed by JPSO
Bike Ride for Change: Protest Against Racist Street Names
6:30 p.m.
The French Market
Organized by the A.P. Tureaud Legacy Committee
Wednesday
Caravan to support sanitation workers and distribute flyers
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Chef Menteur Highway (Winn Dixie parking lot)
Organized by the Power Coalition
Protest at Mayor Cantrell’s house
2 p.m.
3623 Louisiana Parkway Ave.
(From a poster handed out at a People's Assembly rally on June 5th)
Rally to Defend Trans People
4 p.m.
Orleans Civil Clerk of Court
Facebook event here
Organized by Real Name Campaign NOLA
Educate Agitate Organize: 3 Year Anniversary for People's Assembly
6 p.m.
Jackson Square
Facebook event here
Organized by New Orleans People's Assembly
Friday
Rally for reparations
9 a.m. at Nora Navra Library
Followed by a march to Congo Square
Juneteenth Freedom March
Noon
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
Facebook event here
Organized by VOTE Shreveport Chapter, VOTE Lafayette Chapter and VOTE Baton Rouge Chapter
Juneteenth: Mobilizing Millennials March
2:30 p.m.
Louis Armstrong Park
Facebook event here
Organized by Mobilizing Millennials
Accountability for Police: defund and abolish
6 p.m.
Jackson Square
Presentation of a draft of demands to the city, including community members at decision-making tables, flipping the budget and police accountability.
Organized by New Orleans People’s Assembly
