First, education and then, reconciliation
It is impossible to work towards reconciliation and healing, if we have never been taught/learned the historical wrongs committed against Americans by other Americans.
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COLUMN: Want young people to choose Lafayette? Give them what they want
Lafayette struggles to attract and retain young people despite its advantages. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Hub Citizens wanted. Nominate a Citizen of the Week.
Know someone making a difference? Tell us about them.
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Council Preview: Questions on CFO replacement, garbage contract, Guillory’s security detail
The City Council looks for answers from Guillory’s admin on hiring a new CFO, switching waste collection contracts and the mayor-president’s security detail.
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The head and the heart
In racial reconciliation, what is demanded of us is an ability to feel, acknowledge and process the emotions that arise in tandem with the recounting of history.
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Council Preview: Mardi Gras bar curfew up for final vote
This week, Lafayette’s councils will take a final vote on requiring bars to close up shop at midnight on Mardi Gras day.
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Council Preview: Bars to close at midnight on Mardi Gras day?
LCG will consider shutting down alcohol sales at midnight on Mardi Gras day.
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Butch Roussel
Butch Roussel doesn’t take himself too seriously. But he’s doing serious work with 24 Hour Citizen Project. The concept is simple: give good people a chance (and a little money) and they do amazing things. “There are people that have ideas, but also don’t know how to get them done,” Butch says. “What we do is […]
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Council Preview: New garbage contract up for approval
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Column: Lafayette should hold Guillory’s horses on new Heymann Center
Mayor-President Josh Guillory is short-circuiting the site selection process in announcing a “tentative” deal with UL.
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Life, death and jazz funerals: Jason Berry’s ‘City of a Million Dreams’
Twenty-five years in the making, Berry’s new documentary is a historical portrait of New Orleans and its enduring Jazz Funeral tradition.
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