Community Organizing
Fighting for the mutual transformation of citizens and communities through neighborhood rebuilding and renewal
Working to address the scope of unfairness and injustice plaguing our communities in New Orleans by developing new models. We do this by building resident-led community organizing, capacity building for long-term citizen self-governance, affordable housing, public education, leadership training, community policing, job development and micro-enterprise.
Our target is Low-moderate income residents of New Orleans and in the Diaspora; with a particular focus on three large predominantly African American neighborhoods plagued by generations of disinvestment: Central City, Treme and Mid City. We assist low-income residents to return, organize and equalize their recovery. We work with grassroots groups to identify and train local change agents. We address power imbalances with the influx of necessary resources.
We connect leaders to public decision-making processes to combat marginalization of low-income and minority voices, provide technical support, meeting facilities, communications technology, transportation, in order that residents may
have the opportunity to lead the rebuilding of neighborhoods and create a new New Orleans by addressing systemic impediments to equality and justice.
Our organizational values and guiding principles that set the standards for our work are the enhancement of the dignity of the human person the test of all our policies and programs; Bringing diverse people integral to the leadership of the Diocese; Ensuring community voices are dominant in setting organizational priorities; Developing active collaboration with grassroots organizations; Fighting for the right of all to participate in the organization of society; Fighting for the expansion of economic participation of the poor to bridge the gulf between wealth and sheer poverty.
Our long-range goals and objectives include the building of a new social infrastructure in New Orleans; to overcome historic inequities based on race and class; to empower low-income residents who alone can identify opportunities, assets, and constraints to create communities that work. In the next five years this will result in: 21st century community centered public schools, owned affordable housing, state-of-the-art health clinics, cooperative businesses, and strong grassroots networks for the ongoing civic leadership of New Orleanians.
For more information
Please contact:
Shakoor Aljuwani
504-895-6634office
504-258-6741cell
shakoor@homecomingcenter.com
