🚨 One death is one too many. 🚨 Yesterday we joined a packed community meeting at St. Roch Church after two cyclists were killed on St. Claude Ave. Residents demanded safer streets: protected bike lanes, better crosswalks, and less truck traffic. 1/

Yesterday in New Orleans, we joined forces with A Community Voice - Louisiana at City Hall to meet with Councilmember Oliver Thomas, Chair of the City Council’s Public Works Committee, as part of ACORN International's global #BeatTheHeat day of action. 1/

Tomorrow is the last day for public comment! Email your written comments in opposition to LIT to [email protected] and reference project number MVN-2021-00270-ESG in the subject line! #StopLIT, #ProtectViolet, #NoNewPort, #SaveOurWetlands

There is still time to speak out against the Louisiana International Terminal! Email written comments to [email protected] and reference project number MVN-2021-00270-ESG in the subject line!
#StopLIT, #ProtectViolet, #NoNewPort, #SaveOurWetlands

The Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) is a massive container port expansion that threatens our communities, wetlands, and future by increasing truck traffic, air pollution, and noise in an already overburdened region, accelerating coastal erosion, and destroying wetlands. 1/

Port NOLA wants to build a massive terminal in Violet that would bring thousands of diesel trucks, destroy wetlands that protect us from floods, and dump pollution on our neighborhood. We have the power to stop this. #StopLIT

Big shipping corporations stand to profit from the Louisiana International Terminal. Local communities stand to lose everything. Port NOLA is selling out Violet to serve global supply chains. #StopLIT

Big shipping corporations stand to profit from LIT. Local communities stand to lose everything. Port NOLA is selling out Violet to serve global supply chains. #StopLIT

Port NOLA is proposing the Louisiana International Terminal in Violet, St. Bernard Parish—a $1.8B mega-port project that would destroy over 400 acres of wetlands, increase diesel pollution, and heighten flood risks for local residents. #StopLIT

The Port of New Orleans is planning a huge shipping terminal in Violet. It would destroy wetlands, make flooding worse, and increase pollution—putting lives and homes at risk. #StopLIT

Port NOLA wants to pave over 400+ acres of wetlands in Violet to build a massive terminal for mega-ships. The cost? More flooding, more pollution, and less safety for working-class Black communities. #StopLIT

Community voices are clear: No more broken promises. No more unchecked pollution. No more projects without consent. Stop the Louisiana International Terminal. #StopLIT

Port NOLA wants to destroy wetlands, pollute the air, and flood homes in Violet to build a shipping terminal. LIT is profit over people—plain and simple. #StopLIT

Port NOLA wants to bulldoze Violet’s wetlands and flood protections to build a massive shipping terminal. The LIT project will pollute the air, endanger families, and sacrifice a Black working-class community for corporate profit. We must #StopLIT

Port NOLA’s proposed Louisiana International Terminal would destroy over 400 acres of wetlands in Violet, St. Bernard Parish, to expand mega-ship traffic. The project threatens community health, increases flood risk, and worsens environmental injustice. #StopLIT, #ProtectViolet