by emily | Mar 23, 2020 | News
When Hurricane Katrina roared onshore in August of 2005, I was one year into my legal career having just graduated from law school in May of 2004. My then fiancé (now husband) and I had closed on our very first house in New Orleans just a few weeks before. In the...
by emily | Mar 2, 2020 | News
In 2018, approximately 3,150 children in the Shreveport-Bossier MSA were not kindergarten ready or, put another way, 59% of children were deemed not kindergarten ready in both Caddo and Bossier Parishes. To address this problem, Step Forward held the Northwest...
by emily | Mar 2, 2020 | News
Since 2005, the Women’s Philanthropy Network, a fund of the Community Foundation, has granted over $1.1 million to effective educational programs in our area. Recognizing the needs of our community’s youngest members, this group of dedicated women has turned their...
by emily | Feb 26, 2020 | News
Until my tenure at Community Foundation of North Louisiana, an ace was nothing more to me than a suit in a deck of cards. Now when I hear the word ACEs, I associate it with Adverse Childhood Experiences. ACEs are common across all populations. However, some...
by emily | Jan 29, 2020 | News
It has been said we learn our belief systems as very small children and move through life creating experiences to match those beliefs. Sometimes our beliefs limit our lives and prevent us from reaching our potential. Limiting beliefs, whether conscious or...
