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Our Projects

At this point, we have 10 active projects. Some projects will appear, disappear, merge or be changed to fit our city's new needs and LUCAP's available resources. We're on the lookout for creative ideas and new projects, so please stop by the LUCAP office in the Danna Center basement.

The sign up sheets for these projects will be posted on the LUCAP Bulletin Board next to the women's restroom on the first floor of the Danna Center. You don't have to sign your name on those sheets to go, but people that do sign up have priority. In the event you signed up but can't go, please scratch your name off the list to allow others to sign up. Also, every volunteer must complete a liability form for every volunteer outing with LUCAP.

(Re)Building Programs:

  • Habitat for Humanity works with New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to build low-cost homes from the ground up. The group goes out on various Saturdays. No experience is necessary. For more information, contact Brie Meehan.
    • This project goes out various saturdays; please wear work clothes anch closed-toe shoes. Check the LUCAP Bulletin Board for sign-up sheets.
  • Shrockin' helps residents of St. Bernard Parish rebuild by floating drywall onto the skeletal wooden structures of gutted homes. Having a large group help a homeowner with this satisfying job is a great learning experience for volunteers that brings residents ever closer to the homes they remember. This project goes out three Saturdays per month. For more information, please email Kelly Steyer.
    • This project goes out three Saturdays a month, please wear work clothes anch closed-toe shoes. Check the LUCAP Bulletin Board for sign-up sheets.

Hunger and Homelessness Issues:

  • Hunger Relief visits Ozanam Inn on Sunday afternoons to provide lunch for and to talk with homeless people in the downtown New Orleans area. For more information, contact Roy Wygant or Jerina Phillips.
    • This project goes from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; lunch is provided. Meet in front of the Underground

Tutoring, Mentoring, Relationship Building:

  • CARE or "Children Are Reason Enough" goes out to tutor and mentor children in “Central City” New Orleans at the Israelite Baptist Church. For more information, contact Alex Cooper or Mary Spulak.
    • This project goes out Monday-Thursday afternoons to tutor, and Saturdays for fun and mentoring. See the LUCAP Board for sign-up sheets.
  • Esperanza served our new Latino community with ESL classes on Loyola's campus. This was a joint effort between our univeristy and the Hispanic Apostolate. These classes are expected to resume at Tulane University. For more information, contact Alex Cooper.
  • Brassroots seeks musically inclined volunteers to help teach music to band members at Wright Middle School. For more information, contact Woody Rinker or Sam Bradley.
    • This project goes out Thursday afternoons.
  • SMILE or "Students Moving Into the Lives of the Elderly" goes to the Uptown Shepherd’s Center and does fun events, building bonds between students and senior citizens. For more information, contact Elizabeth Juhasz or Vivi Tran.
    • This project goes out once a month, please email Elizabeth for details.

Advocacy Programs:

  • Worker Justice Program is an advocacy group dedicated to the promotion of equitable labor conditions for all New Orleans workers. Current projects include awareness-raising, worker outreach in the day-laborer community, and volunteering weekly at the New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition. For more information, contact Maria Arauz.
    • Volunteers primarily go to Hope House and help with office work and legal research. Knowledge of Spanish is not necessary.
  • Environmental Action works to educate & advocate for environmental justice. They focus on recycling on campus, conservation on the Gulf coast, and various enviornmental issues. They will continue their annual GaiaPalooza an Earth Day celebration this year. For more information, contact Sunshine Bond or Chad Carson.
    • Meeting on Tuesday at 12:30 PM during the window
  • Students Seeking Solidarity (SSS) is committed to working for international peace through justice. The biggest project is the yearly trip to Fort Benning, Georgia to the SOA/WHISC Peace Vigil, and events on campus leading up to that trip. For more information, contact Landis Niemberger.

Programs on Hiatus:

  • Esperanza tutored and mentored Latino children in Kenner. Regrettably, the Redwood Apartments are badly damaged, but the project will likely continue this year. For more information, contact Danielle Gaubert.
  • God’s Vineyard is suspended due to violence in the area surrounding the proecjt. God's Vineyard works with boys and young men to make and bottle hot sauce, the proceeds of which will provide lifelong support to this group of boys and aid them in the growth and harvesting of peppers, and the production and sale of St. Thomas hot sauce. Tutoring and mentoring are growing aspects of this project. For more information, please contact Ashley Johnson.
    • This project used to out on Mondays from 6:00 pm -9:00 pm. It can only accomodate a few volunteers at a time, and prefers consistency.
  • Moratorium Campaign works to encourage support of a national campaign to place a moratorium on capital punishment until its racial and economic biases can be examined. For more information, contact Jamie Broussard.
  • Voice for the Voiceless is a project dedicated to raising awareness about a spectrum of issues (especially those related to Hurricane Katrina) to the individuals and organizations in positions that can better invoke change. Volunteers are expected to apply personal experience, historical knowledge, and a sociological perspective to bring light to concerns on behalf of those who cannot do it themselves. For more information, please contact Danielle Gaubert.

Updated October 25, 2007