CBNO works to bridge the gap between New Orleans communities and the decisions that impact their lives. We do so through leadership development, civic engagement, and advocacy for open, effective, and accountable local government. Our vision is a New Orleans thats equitable, sustainable, and thriving.
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PO Box 791570
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana 70179, US
Our favorite day of the year! 🎉 We’re thrilled to launch our 56th annual Metropolitan Leadership Forum! Today, our cohort explored both sides of the river, uptown to New Orleans East, exploring the balance of history and progress in our city. We can’t wait to continue to explore our city’s challenges and solutions with these phenomenal leaders over the next 12 weeks.
Did you know the City spends more of your tax dollars on the NOPD alone than on youth and health combined? Learn more about the City's proposed budget for 2025 and get involved next week at the Mayor's Budget Town Hall. We've got a guide to help you prepare here: https://lnkd.in/djHkAcm7
We're proud to make civic life more accessible for our community! This week we held our first #Changemakers event focused on how and why to engage with City Council. Thanks to our co-hosts Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, to our partners Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation for the space, and to Julia Zuckerman, Damian Clark, MBA, Y. Frank Southall and Amy Stelly for their expertise. Check out our new Residents Guide to City Council here:
#Followthemoney update! The first public opportunity to weigh in on the budget is next week at University of New Orleans. This is the money that goes toward fixing streets and infrastructure, community mobility and safety, picking up trash, operating community programs, and keeping the government running. It's your money, so you have a say in what happens with it. We've got everything you need to know in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/djHkAcm7
Thrilled to see our Forum alumni out there leading! Congratulations on the promotion, Ronald Carrere!
Youth ARE our future. And they’re our present too. We’re proud to support youth leaders from E2E— These phenomenal young people spent a year researching and gathering community stories about the root causes of violence in our community. They developed a documentary and used CBNO’s budget analysis to develop a proposal for more investment in youth in the City budget. *THIS * is our why. Learn more and sign their petition: https://lnkd.in/gfMW9A6v #youthorganizing #neworleans #youthpower #followthemoney #bettertogether
We had a phenomenal public launch to our Bus Stops stakeholder meetings yesterday! We're working with New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, Ride New Orleans, and the Complete Streets Coalition to plan and fund an overhaul to the city's transit stops. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved tomorrow evening from 5:30-7pm at New Orleans Business Alliance. Thanks Greater New Orleans Foundation for making this project possible.
We're thrilled to be hiring a dynamic and passionate individual to join our team as a full-time Program Manager. CBNO's programs are joyful and impactful, and attract a diverse audience. We're thrilled to be growing our team to accommodate our growing programming. Our Program Manager will manage our key programs including: 🤝 The Forum - Our flagship 10-week training for emerging leaders to drive change 🌉 Building Our Future - Our campaign for infrastructure equity in New Orleans 🚍 Better Bus Stops - Our project to overhaul New Orleans transit stops with RTA and community partners 📚 Changemaker Series - Our new monthly civic education event series Learn more and apply today! https://lnkd.in/g3ETvxNz
A message from our Executive Director! Your GiveNOLA day gift gives us the flexibility to dream up new ideas, pilot projects, and get creative. Support today at GiveNOLA.org/cbno
Early on in my role here at Committee for a Better New Orleans I had so many ideas I couldn’t see straight. I took to writing every idea on a post-it and sticking them up on a whiteboard to get them out of my head. I went through them this week and was humbled to find so many that we’ve done in the last 3 years— Public Official Speed Dating, Budget Storytime, Art as civic engagement, and my proudest accomplishment: ”Block Parties with a purpose” We’ve held 6 block parties & counting, and debuted our signature Better New Orleans Block Party in St Roch this year. On the most perfect spring day, we got 350 people together from across the city for live music, good food and good times, and while we were at it; we: 🌳 Gave away 50 trees, 🛍️ Supported 8 local businesses; 🗳️ Registered a dozen voters; 🚌 Collected 70 transit rider surveys for our project to revamp New Orleans bus stops, 📈 Educated hundreds of people about the City budget, 🩺 Gave away free health screenings, 🧑🏽🎓 Connected youth with pre-college activities 🎉 and engaged hundreds of people in housing, street safety, justice, and climate issues in our city with partner organizations. It took longer than I’d have liked, and the path to get here was harder than I could have imagined, but I’ve learned this — that people are drawn to new ideas. And when you get people together, powerful things can happen. Low-turnout meetings are the norm for civic engagement, but we have so many better ways to meet people at our fingertips. I’ve dedicated my tenure at CBNO to this question: What if we tried something else? In the past 3 years, we’ve dreamed up so many joyful, meaningful, and yes, educational events that motivate communities from the heart. We couldn’t have done these events without the flexibility to try out new ideas, play, and dream together. GiveNOLA day gives a rare opportunity for us in the nonprofit world to dream. It provides the unrestricted funding we need to try out new things, fail, test ideas and go after unrealized opportunities. I hope you’ll join me in supporting some of the hard working community groups making the city better today, and would be delighted if you’d join our cause. Givenola.org/cbno
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Asking my network to donate to a cause I feel deeply about! Keeping our residents engaged in city policy is pivotal for our organization's mission to empower our community. Informed and active citizens are the backbone of a thriving city, driving positive change and shaping a better future for all. By supporting Committee for a Better New Orleans on this #GiveNOLADay, you're not just contributing to a cause, but investing in the continued involvement and empowerment of our residents. Your assistance will enable us to foster dialogue, educate, and mobilize individuals to participate in decision-making processes that impact our neighborhoods. Together, let's strengthen the fabric of our community and ensure that every voice is heard and valued. #BetterNOLA https://lnkd.in/gCxgRUqr?