Past Programming
May 24, 2021
Presented by the St. Charles Center for Faith + Action with the Center for Restorative Approaches and the Carrollton Area Network:
With a new DA, things are changing in New Orleans. Learn what you as a community member need to know and can do to help make our public safety system more focused on serious violent crime, crime survivor needs and better outcomes for people who are arrested, their families, and the community as a whole.
Faith Leaders in the South: A Conversation on Race + Equity
with E Pluribus Unum and the St. Charles Center
Tuesday, April 27 from 9-11 a.m. CDT
Interfaith Conversation on Race + Equity
with E Pluribus Unum and the St. Charles Center
Tuesday, May 4 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. CDT
Antiracism in Praxis
March 8-22, 2021
WEEK ONE | March 8
St. Francis Xavier
(College) Church
St. Louis, MO
SPEAKERS: Lisa Burks and Winnie Sullivan, co-chairs of the Antiracism Team
WEEK TWO | March 15 Myers Park Baptist Church
Charlotte, NC
SPEAKERS: Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell and Rev. Mia M. McClain
WEEK THREE | March 22
Touro Synagogue
New Orleans, LA
SPEAKERS: Rabbi Katie Bauman, Teri Hunter, and Dr. Cathy Lazarus
Orleans Parish & the Louisiana Courts
September 15-October 6, 2020
About the Orleans Parish Court System
* District Attorney’s role in the Criminal Legal System
September 15
* How does the court system work?
September 22
* A closer look at juvenile “justice” and injustice
September 29
* Another way? Diversion and Restorative Justice
October 6
Policing New Orleans
July 20-August 3, 2020
Click above for recording of Session 1:
A History of Policing
A four-part virtual workshop series "Policing New Orleans: Past, Present, Future" offered in the summer of 2020 by The St. Charles Center for Faith + Action in collaboration with Touro Synagogue, Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, and The Center for Equity, Justice, and the Human Spirit at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Week 1 - A History of Policing | July 20, 2020
In this workshop session, Professor of History Dr. Marcus S. Cox (Xavier University of Louisiana) and Associate Professor of Criminal Law Dr. Cecelia M. Klingele (University of Wisconsin Law School) took participants through the history of policing and the criminal legal system in the US from the early 1600s to the present, touching on the many inherent biases that history has introduced and how they are manifest today in modern police forces.
Click above for recording of Session 2: Consent Decrees & Reforms
Week 2 - Consent Decrees and Reforms | July 27, 2020
In this workshop session, New Orleans Independent Police Monitor Susan Hutson took participants through the New Orleans Police Department's Consent Decree, the work of the New Orleans Independent Police Monitor, and the progress made in reforming the New Orleans Police Department since Hurricane Katrina, and encouraged participants to get involved in the work of community police oversight and reform.
Click above for recording of Session 3: Unbundling Budgets & Services
Week 3 - Unbundling: Budgets and Services | August 3, 2020
In this workshop session, AH Datalytics Co-Founder Ben Hurwitz and LEAD Program Site Advisor Corinna Yazbek took participants through how diversion programs, together with some changes in city budgeting, can make New Orleans safer, save the city money, and provide better outcomes for those involved in the criminal legal system.
2022 Programming
White Savior: Racism in the American Church screening and small group discussion
SUMMER 2022
Designed by formerly incarcerated people, survivors of violent crime, and trauma-informed psychologists, The Heart of Reconciliation provides tools to restore relationships, heal communities and families and build the vision you have for a thriving tomorrow.
OCTOBER 2022
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Based on the academic work of the Rev. Dr. Marc Boswell, God in Whiteface invited participants to consider the influence on culture, community, and theology shaped by images and experiences of whiteness.
SPRING 2022