Louisiana Lefty

Louisiana Lefty is on summer break this month, but we’re still dishing out tips and tricks!

This week, host Lynda Woolard offers some Twitter basics for you to use or share with your volunteers.

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Host Lynda Woolard is joined by Davante Lewis, Director of Public Affairs and Outreach at the Louisiana Budget Project, for a conversation on the intersection of policy and organizing.

Connect with Davante on Twitter.

Check out the Louisiana Budget Project's work at labudget.org, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

More ways to connect to Davante’s work:

Foundation for Louisiana: Truth and Racial Healing

New Leaders Council - Louisiana

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Stephen Handwerk, consultant, strategist, and former executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, for the first in a series of episodes on how the Democratic party operates. This week, we go through what candidates need to know about getting an endorsement from the party.

Find Stephen Handwerk on Twitter.

Read the DNC bylaws. 

Read the Louisiana Democratic Party bylaws.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Gaby Goldstein, co-founder and Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Sister District, to discuss the importance of state legislatures in advancing progressive policies and protecting democracy. The conversation includes a deep dive into the work Sister District is doing across the country to share data, support organizers, and build coalitions, as part of a complete strategy to shift state legislatures to the left.

Connect with Sister District through their website: sisterdistrict.com

Follow Sister District on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Watch Texas valedictorian Paxton Smith’s graduation speech on abortion rights.

Learn more about the national efforts of ALEC - the American Legislative Exchange Council - to move state legislatures to the right.

Learn more about the interests LABI - the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry - serves in Louisiana.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Peyton Rose Michelle, activist with Louisiana Trans Advocates and elected member to the Democratic State Central Committee, for a discussion on anti-trans legislation, organizing at the state Capitol, and getting pronouns right.

Follow Peyton on Twitter and Facebook.

Connect to Louisiana Trans Advocates: latransadvocates.org

Find more information about the Louisiana Legislature: legis.la.gov

Watch Blair Imani’s Smarter in Seconds TikTok on Pronouns.

Peyton used the term AFAB in the podcast, and for those who are unfamiliar, it’s short-hand for Assigned Female At Birth. Read more about AFAB/AMAB.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Brooks Fordham, student at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, LA, and outgoing Vice President of College Democrats of Louisiana, for the podcast’s continuing series of conversations with young Democratic leaders on the best ways to engage voters in their peer group.

Connect with Louisiana Lefty on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Tamara Agins, Executive Director for Emerge Louisiana, joins host Lynda Woolard for a discussion on the crucial role their organization’s work to recruit and train Democratic women candidates plays in our state.

Also, check out Women in Politics, the Bayou Brief’s very first podcast, which was recorded at the November 2017 launch of Emerge Louisiana. It features Lynda Woolard’s interview of former State Representative and current New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno and Emerge America Founder Andrea Dew Steele.

There are multiple ways to plug into Emerge Louisiana.

Contact Tamara for office hours: [email protected]

Join their email list: https://la.emergeamerica.org/email-signup/

Sign up for one of their trainings: http://bit.ly/applyLA

Nominate a woman you think should run for office: http://bit.ly/run2WIN

And follow Emerge Louisiana on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Cameron English, outgoing Chair of College Democrats of Louisiana, and plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the National Democratic Redistricting Committee challenging Louisiana’s congressional district map. Following release of the 2020 census data, petitioners asked the Court to declare Louisiana’s current congressional district map unconstitutional and implement a new map that adheres to the constitutional requirement of one-person, one-vote.

You can reach out to the College Democrats of Louisiana’s Membership Director at: [email protected]

And follow College Democrats of Louisiana on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

You can read the complaint filed against Louisiana Secretary of State, Kyle Ardoin here: Louisiana Redistricting Lawsuit

To keep up with ongoing redistricting and voting rights litigation, connect with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and Democracy Docket.

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Jean-Paul “J.P.” Morrell, self-described “former legislator, current lawyer, comic nerd and dad,” for a discussion on his role in ending the discriminatory practice of non-unanimous juries in Louisiana. J.P. walks us through the legislative efforts and messaging discipline that were required to get Constitutional Amendment 2 on the ballot in 2018. This, in turn, launched the Unanimous Juries Coalition, which created a network and a model that shows how we can win on progressive issues in Louisiana.

You can connect to J.P. at @jpmorrell on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and listen to his podcast at Ask JP.

Further resources mentioned in the podcast:

The Advocate: Tilting the Scale Series

Blake Miguez: Unanimous Juries Ad

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Why I’m Writing Captain America

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Lynda Woolard hosts Frederick Bell, founder of Louisiana High School Democrats, organizer for multiple campaigns, and current campaign associate for the Democracy program at the Hub Project.

You can connect to Frederick’s work, past and present, at the following links:

Louisiana High School Democrats

Bayou Brief Interview with James Carville

Louisiana Youth Platform

The Hub Project

Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for creating our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.