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Tuesday, May 7th - GiveNOLA Day
Greater New Orleans Foundation Annual Online Giving Event! Please support the New Orleans Loving Festival and other nonprofits on GiveNola Day - a 24-hour, online giving event organized by the Greater New Orleans Foundation to inspire charitable giving to nonprofits that make our region stronger, and create a thriving community for all. GiveNOLA Day raises money for the community, brings new donors to local nonprofits, and shows anyone can be a philanthropist. Donors can make tax deductible contributions to nonprofits with profiles on GiveNOLA.org. The minimum gift is $10. Donors will receive an email receipt. Please mark your calendar and help us spread the word! #LoveYall #LovingFestival #GiveNOLADay #GNOF |
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Sunday, January 20th - Blended Books Club
Lift Every Voice and Sing Book Giveaway! - PENDING Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70113 00:00pm to 00:00pm Please join us for a special book giveaway at "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Ashé Cultural Arts Center's annual MLK Holiday Concert of liberation songs from the Civil Rights Era. The songs are led by some of the best vocal talent in New Orleans. The Blended Books Club will offer free books to children in attendance (while supplies last). This is a family friendly event you don't want to miss! Admission is FREE. Featured Books: Freedom Song: Young Voices And The Struggle For Civil Rights, by Mary C. Turck He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, by Kadir Nelson Let Freedom Sing, by Vanessa Newton Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals, by Ashley Bryan Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song, by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney Nobody Gonna Turn Me Round: Stories and Songs Of The Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport and Shane W. Evans We Shall Overcome: A Song That Changed The World, by Stuart Stotts We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song, by Debbie Levy and Vanessa Brantley-Newton The New Orleans Blended Books Club "BBC" is a Loving Festival outreach initiative that promotes literacy and provides New Orleans youth with greater access to diverse books about people of color, the multiracial experience, love and important social justice issues. The BBC also coordinates writing competitions, readings, and book signing events. We welcome your SUPPORT and in-kind donation of new and gently used books. Look Here for our book WISH LIST. For more information contact [email protected]. #BlendedBooksClub #LoveYall #LovingFestival #AshéCAC |
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Saturday, January 19th - Blended Books Club
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Weekend Book Giveaway! Community Book Center 2523 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LA 70119 2:00pm to 3:00pm Please join the New Orleans Blended Books Club for our 3rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration & Book Giveaway. We'll have readings about civil rights advocates, refreshments, prizes, and free books (while supplies last). Community Book Center will also offer a wide variety of books and merchandise for sale. Admission is FREE so tell all your friends! Featured Books: CORETTA SCOTT, by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta Scott knew the unfairness of life in the segregated south. A yearning for equality began to grow. Together with Martin Luther King, Jr., she gave birth to a vision of change through nonviolent protest. It was the beginning of a journey—with dreams of freedom for all. This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United States and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott. I HAVE A DREAM by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. His words, paired with Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson's magnificent paintings, make for a picture book certain to be treasured by children and adults alike. The themes of equality and freedom for all are not only relevant today, 50 years later, but also provide young readers with an important introduction to our nation's past. The New Orleans Blended Books Club "BBC" is a Loving Festival outreach initiative that promotes literacy and provides New Orleans youth with greater access to diverse books about people of color, the multiracial experience, love and important social justice issues. The BBC also coordinates writing competitions, readings, and book signing events. We welcome your SUPPORT and in-kind donation of new and gently used books. Look Here for our book WISH LIST. For more information contact [email protected]. This event is presented with support from Impossibility Press and Community Book Center. #BlendedBooksClub #LoveYall #LovingFestival #ImpossibilityPress #CommunityBookCenter |