The St. Charles Center for Faith + Action
Welcome to The Center!
At The Center we create spaces for people of all faiths to learn, unlearn and act; building a community grounded in equity and empathy.
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Learning Over Lunch Webinar
Book Bans: The Cost of Censorship
Book Bans: The Cost of Censorship examines the growing movement to restrict access to books in schools and libraries and the broader implications of these efforts. The presentation explores the reasons books are challenged, the effects of censorship on students, educators, and wider communities, and the importance of intellectual freedom in education. Through historical and contemporary examples, it highlights how book bans can limit access to diverse perspectives and ideas. The presentation encourages audiences to consider the role of literature in fostering critical thinking, empathy, and informed civic engagement.
Meag Campos is a dedicated advocate for and educator of literacy. Her career spans over 15 years working with elementary through high school students, during which she has served as a Teacher, Learning Specialist, and Instructional Coach.Through that work she has focused on literacy access for all, and she has widely condemned censorship in the arts. She holds a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on literacy leadership from the University of New Orleans.
Date: July 14th
Time: 12:00-1:00 P.M.
Register For Free Here
Interfaith Coffee Networking Meetup!
Faith leaders, clergy, faith based organizers of all faiths and denominations are welcome!
No strings attached! Network, drop in when you can, grab a free coffee!
Meet others in interfaith work!
Clergy, organizers, and lay leaders of all faith traditions and denominations are invited to attend.
Date: July 24th
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
No registration necessary; first coffee free!
Light breakfast provided as well.
Solitary Gardens
Solitary Gardens: Freedom to Grow
What is a Solitary Garden? Solitary Gardens both directly and metaphorically ask us to imagine a landscape without prisons. We both directly and metaphorically ask us to imagine a landscape without prisons. Solitary Gardens transforms solitary confinement cells into living garden beds. The beds are designed and remotely gardened by incarcerated collaborators, known as Solitary Gardeners and are tended by community members on the outside.
Donate to the Center
As you consider your gifts throughout the year, we hope you will include the St. Charles Center for Faith + Action. Each donation helps create a community that includes less incarceration and more healing.
Our Commitment to Justice
The Center embraces movements for justice and liberation, partnering with leaders from BIPOC communities. We also affirm the following Land Acknowledgment: We acknowledge that we are on Bulbancha, now called New Orleans. Bulbancha, which means place of many tongues, unceded land of the Chitimacha, the Houma, the Chahta, Yakni (Choctaw), the Atakapa Ishak Chawasha, and all Indigenous peoples of this region.