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OneRouge Community Check-In - Week 171

Updated: May 26



The focus of the conversation will be on the impact the extreme heat has on our

local economy and workforce with our featured speakers :

Related Reading:

  1. Heat, Labor & Productivity

  2. Lives, Livelihood and the High Cost of Heat

  3. Rising prices: Louisiana’s heat wave could elevate costs for beef, soybean and sugar

  4. State cattle industry expects to lose up to $290M from heat and drought

  5. Watch how Capital Region workers are beating the hea



Community Announcements


  • Futures Fund leads digital literacy training. Workshops as well as full courses are available weeknights and Saturdays. Check the website for dates workshops will be held at local libraries.

  • Community Leadership Summit 2023 Transformation Now: Leadership’s Commitment to Strategically Advance the Capital City (Sept. 7; 1pm-3pm; BRCC’s Mid-City Campus, Magnolia Theatre)

  • Connecting Minority Communities grant at the Southern University Law Center and College of Business NTIA grant. Also we have a conference on September 10-12 with the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe www.sulc.edu/larue phone 318.264.1799 on economic development. Broadband is a major topic and Veneeth is one of the speakers on Broadband.

  • Manny@thebakerytech.comThe Bakery LLC is looking for installers - no experience is necessary. Must be willing to work; have a high school education and driver's license. Not doing criminal background checks. And as we're looking for people to fill these jobs, we're looking for people that are mobile. We're also looking for technical. to work with us on the installs, but also the management of the warehouse thing. And as we start expanding our work, we're looking at everything along the supply chain. So customer service, fabrication, warehouse management, installers, troubleshooting, FAQs, so on and so forth.

  • EBRPPS is hiring! $15.62/hour Family Friendly jobs, no weekend work hours between 6a-2p https://www.applitrack.com/ebrschools/onlineapp/default.aspx

  • Black Business Block Party at Main Library; Jones Creek Area Business Expo at Jones Creek LIbrary.

  • LORI is celebrating Hispanic Heritage month, displaying the Hispanic culture and traditions, and uplifting the contributions of Hispanics to the United States. The event details are as follows: Date: September 16th/2023 Event Time: 4:00pm-7:00pm Set up Time: 2:00pm Location: Istrouma Baptist Church Sports Complex

  • BlackWellness is putting on a BlackWellness Health Fair 11/4 1975 Dallas Dr. We are looking for vendors and sponsors.








 
 
 

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