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VAYLA incubates AAPI leaders for a more just tomorrow. VAYLA exists as an embodiment and commitment to activating tomorrow’s AAPI leaders in New Orleans and beyond. We engender leadership to address social inequities facing our community while anchored in an anti-racist, Queer, Feminist lens. At the forefront of these issues we focus on environmental justice, reproductive justice, and civic engagement initiatives.

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Press Release

May 31, 2021

Farewell to APAHM not AAPIs by Our Executive Director

For Immediate Release: May 31, 2021 Contact: Ellen Lu, Program Coordinator, contacts@vayla-no.org New Orleans, Louisiana – As we close out Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we emphasize the importance of … Continued

Press Release

Apr 9, 2021

AAPI Rising: Other Is Not My Identity Press Release

For Immediate Release: April 9th, 2021 Contact: Ellen Lu, Programs Coordinator, contacts@vayla-no.org New Orleans, Louisiana – Today VAYLA New Orleans announces the official launch of our petition for inclusion, demanding … Continued

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Mar 23, 2021

#AAPIWOMEN LEADING VAYLA | #ĐÀNBÀAAPI HƯỚNG DẪN VAYLA

Community, As I enter my third year at VAYLA, I am reminded that leading as a first generation Asian American woman and daughter of refugees means that leadership is grief … Continued

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VAYLA New Orleans

8 hours ago

SWIPE FOR VIETNAMESE

We did it! We completed the 50 year Coastal Master Plan and created a more sustainable future!

The Coastal Master Plan achievements:
🌊 Our residents are better protected against hurricanes and storm surge due to wetland restoration projects that have sustained, protected, and created wetlands
🦐 Louisiana now lives up to its claim of being a ‘sportsman’s paradise’ and we have made it so that our local fisheries are healthy while maintaining our cultural heritage
🌱 With the protection of our wetlands the coastal ecosystems have become healthy again and species have started to thrive in our state
🎣Our coastline is still economically viable and has more opportunities for recreational activities like kayaking and swimming

But wait there’s more! We have accomplished so much in the last 30 years! We succeeded in:
☀️ Creating a clean energy portfolio that includes wind, solar and hydroelectric
👷‍♀️ A just transition of our oil and gas workers to green, good paying jobs
🌬️ Becoming a leader in offshore wind energy using the infrastructure we already had in place from the offshore oil and gas industry
💗 Improving equity for all residents with the removal of harmful industries from frontline communities and a focus on affordable housing and effective public transportation

Louisiana we can make this our reality! WE have the power to do this! Let’s hold our governmental officials accountable to the environmental obligations they have made!

#AAPIRising #EarthRisingVAYLA #Year2050 #SustainableFuture #CarbonFree #WetlandRestoration #Sustainability #WeCanDoIt #CoastalMasterPlan ... See MoreSee Less

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