James Perry 2010 - Mayor for a City that Works

James Perry addressed students who were spending the week doing volunteer work in New Orleans. A student in attendance wrote about the talk.

This weekend, I met a true coaching legend. I was not at a Hornets game or at the NCAA tournament, but at a park in the upper 9th ward. For over twenty years, he had been volunteering his time to mentor and coach kids in Sampson Park. When I told him I was running for Mayor, his eyes lit up. He immediately mapped the best way for a new leader to revamp the New Orleans Recreation Departmen (NORD). He provided practical solutions to simple problems. The lights at Sampson Park do not work, and parents park their cars around the field with the headlights on to provide lighting for children playing football, basketball and baseball. All he wanted was the lights on. He also said that NORD won’t give answers to basic questions about uniforms and travel for the Sampson teams….

James Perry spoke to students at the Teen Center for Non-Violence. They spent their Saturday raising money to expand their programs. We encourage you to support them in their effort. The students asked crucial questions to James like, “How will you respond when you areknocked down?” and “What made you want to be Mayor?”

If you are in the Boston area, and you want to listen to James Perry speak, he will be in town on March 31st. Email nathan@jamesperry2010.com for more details. You can also buy a James Perry for Mayor t-shirt

Obama’s Debt to New Orleans”
In August 2005 the Democratic Party had no clear leader, no identifiable platform, no winning national coalition and little political courage.

James Perry, the head of the New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, said he runs a non-profit that requested money.

“That’s not true,” he said in response to Blakely’s statement. “The money we applied for is combined CDBG and home funding and we were awarded the money.”

James Perry is interviewed here by Hanson Hosein. The interview was done last year for Mr. Hosein’s film, “Rising from Ruins.” He will be showing the film in April in New Orleans. Here is the trailer

We will be having a conversation with James Perry, Executive Director of GNO Fair Housing Action Center. James is a mayoral candidate and wants to get input from the Latino Community about the concerns and issues affecting the Latino community.

Em Nova Orleans, o berço do jazz, soluções inovadoras para problemas antigos se tornaram uma realidade. Desde o fracasso das barreiras de proteção, as chamadas “Levees” , em Agosto de 2005, o mundo inteiro voltou sua atenção para a nossa grandiosa cidade. Como lutamos com a dor emocional e financeira para nos reerguer, não esperando enquanto os Governos Federais, estaduais e locais não conseguiam desempenhar seus papeis em garantir a segurança que precisávamos. Em vez disso, os cidadãos, juntamente com as Empresas locais, organizações sem fins lucrativos e comunidades com base religiosa, respondíamos à crise.

The Friends of James Perry Committee has reached its goal of raising $25,000 by March 1st. The Committee received donations from more than 130 people. The donations came over the last six weeks, through meet and greets and fundraisers with young professionals; bloggers, small business owners; non-profit leaders; neighborhood advocates; people from around the country with New Orleans connections; policy experts; and high school, college, graduate and law students who are excited about electing James Perry as the next Mayor of New Orleans.