In the height of hurricane season, community organizers are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. The Gulf States Newsroom’s Danny McArthur reports on how people in New Orleans are banding together to help take care of each other before a storm hits.
Alex Brock is a 17-year-old from Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, preparing for his junior year as a kicker for the Bowling Green High School football team. But unlike his teammates, Brock was born deaf in Ukraine, adopted at a young age and plays football with a cochlear implant. He joins us to discuss how he’s succeeding in football and academics on his own terms.
Daughters Beyond Incarceration grew out of the life experience of co-founder and executive director Dominique Johnson, whose father has been behind bars her entire life. The New Orleans-based nonprofit’s mission is to help Black girls with incarcerated parents live healthy, stable lives and have strong, positive relationships with their parents during and after incarceration.
Johnson joins us to discuss DBI’s work, along with Troy Hankton, one of the dads who experienced parenting from behind bars, and his daughter, Troyny’ah Hankton.
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Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell are assistant producers. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.
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