The Uhuru Dream House Art Park & Residency

The Uhuru Dreamhouse is a safe and accessible safe space for Black, trans artists. Support us in building our Art Park and launching our Artist in Residence Program!

NEEDS: $0 of 11,957 + Volunteers

Building Our Makers Space

Help us create the infrastructure to build an artist in residency program in which artists are tasked with tackling environmental issues through creating green art installations in our community.

NEEDS: $0 of 150
Uhuru Dream House collage

Uhuru Dream House

A Safe Art House for Black, queer, trans & intersex beings

NEEDS: $0 of 1,375
Rosa Keller Library food waste collection

Compost NOW in 2020

Compost NOW has diverted over 300,000 pounds of food waste from the landfill since we began. We want to continue - and expand - our free, weekly food waste collections throughout 2020.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,340 + Volunteers
Kids like to compost

Compost NOW! expansion needed

From garbage to garden: help us expand our free, weekly residential food waste collections to at least 8 New Orleans Public Library sites. Our goal: 100,000 pounds diverted from the landfill in 2018.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,253
Rosa Keller Library Food Waste Collection

Big Easy Composting

From garbage to garden: help us expand our New Orleans food waste collection & compost service to four Library sites this Spring. Our goal: 10,000 pounds diverted in our first 6 months!

NEEDS: $0 of 1,531 + Volunteers
Conceptual inspiration by the Arts Council Place Department

The Story Shelter on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

A creative bus shelter and crosswalk concept imagined, designed, and built by youth that will use public art to improve bus-rider experience on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.

NEEDS: $0 of 14,464 + Volunteers
The Nola Book Lady

L9SL 2016 Book Parade

A parade that will allow children from all over town to participate for free, involve all members of the community and give out books to those who need them the most.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,610

Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

To cover the costs of putting our bookmobile on the streets of New Orleans by mid April.  This will be the ONLY bookmobile to serve Orleans Parish and the children of the city truly want and need it.

NEEDS: $0 of 4,155 + Volunteers

Bikes for Kids!

Bike Easy staff and volunteers will teach bike skills and safety to 4th and 5th graders at 10 local schools using fun activities and games.

NEEDS: $0 of 1,322

Freret / Uptown Tool Lending Library

The Freret Uptown Tool Lending Library will loan tools to New Orleans residents (at no charge) to perform simple home maintenance, tend their yards and gardens, build furniture, start projects, and learn new skills.

NEEDS: $0 of 4,346 + Volunteers

NOLA TimeBank Neighborhood Expansion

NOLA TimeBank is re-thinking Money. Instead of Money we exchange Time. TimeBanking is a pay-it-forward system that promotes equality and community. It’s the right thing at the right time for New Orleans.

NEEDS: $0 of 2,385 + Volunteers

Connect the 9

Connect the Nine is a group of neighbors in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana, who advocate for life-saving infrastructure improvement for bikers and walkers on the St. Claude Bridge.

NEEDS: $0 of 450 + Volunteers