ASAP Action Agenda

09/13/2026

Starting tomorrow, Monday, September 14th at 6pm CT through the November 3rd election, join Tyler and the ASAP team. We are preparing individuals, teams and organizations to maximize turnout on Early Voting and Election Day. Join us if you are interested in learning how to organize GOTV (Get out the Vote) Campaigns in your community!

Learn how to:
- Set up your ActionID
- Phone Bank using the Voter Action Network (VAN)
- Canvass using the MiniVAN
- Learn about GOTV efforts happening in real time in your community!

Register here: https://bit.ly/TrainBOTG2026

09/10/2026

Starting this evening at 6pm on zoom! Register to join us: https://bit.ly/EJBMS2026

Movements do not survive on passion alone. They require political education, relationships, strategy, and people prepared to carry the work forward.
Register here: https://bit.ly/EJBMS2026

Tonight, the Ella Jo Baker Movement School begins it's 3rd six-week Movement Study of the year, exploring "How Social Movements Die" and "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement".

Together, we will examine what weakens movements, what sustains them, and what Ella Baker’s organizing practice teaches us about building power that does not depend on one moment, one organization, or one leader.

The study begins tonight, September 10th, at 6 PM CT and continues every Thursday through October 15th on Zoom.
Everybody is welcome. Registration is required.
Register here: https://bit.ly/EJBMS2026
Political education moving people from apathy to analysis.

09/09/2026

Breaking News: Mayor Tom Arceneaux Proposes $6.9 Million Police And Fire Pay Increase

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux announced a proposed police and firefighter compensation package during the Tuesday, September 8 City Council meeting. The increases would take effect December 1, 2026, but must be included in the 2027 budget and approved by the City Council.

Key numbers:

✅ Police officer pay after one year would increase from $49,578 to $52,120.
✅ Officers in good standing would receive a $2,500 retention incentive at the one-year mark, bringing total compensation to $54,620.
✅ Officers qualifying for educational incentives could earn nearly $59,000.
✅ Eligible officers would receive an additional $1,200 retention payment beginning December 1, 2027, and annually until reaching sergeant.
✅ The incentive for certified lateral-transfer officers would increase from $10,000 to $15,000 over two years.
✅ Police educational incentive pay would increase by $1,800 annually.
✅ Fire Department civil-service employees would receive a 6% general pay increase.
✅ Firefighter educational incentive pay would increase by $1,800 annually.
✅ EMT-intermediate, paramedic and hazardous-materials incentive pay would increase by $1,200 annually.
✅ These increases would be in addition to the regular 2% annual raise received by police and fire personnel.
✅ The entire package would cost approximately $6.9 million annually.

Arceneaux said the proposal would be funded through new revenue connected to major economic-development projects, including the planned West Shreveport data center. Anticipated funding includes permit fees, payments in lieu of sales taxes, property taxes and electric-franchise revenue.

The mayor said the city could sustain the raises without increasing taxes or fees, reducing other services or dropping below its required 8% operating reserve.

Arceneaux also said police and fire pay increased nearly 44% between 2021 and 2026, including more than 19% during his administration. Those percentages do not include additional recruitment or incentive payments.

08/25/2026

If you haven’t registered for the convening, what you waiting for? This is an inclusive space. You won’t have to worry about folks acting funny, or wondering why you’re there. A real movement has a role for everybody willing.

Register: https://bit.ly/BOTGCovening2026

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Watching this process closely! Shreveport housing should be up to par, habitable and humane.

08/24/2026

Uneeda Chef, Greta Taylor is catering ‘Libations & Liberation’ at SPEAC this Thursday, so you know the food is going to be good good. 🤤💃🏾💃🏻🕺🏽

08/21/2026

is coming up Friday, August 28th at the Boots on the Ground 2026 Convening — doors open at 9am, featuring a GOTV Blitz across the city from 5pm-8pm. This training will help us to translate our collective vision into the communities that need us. We’re not just answering the question “How do we really win?”, we are putting boots on the ground behind it.

Participants will have 3 training tracks to select from including:
1)Political Education
2)Organizing and
3)Getting Out the Vote (GOTV)

08/21/2026

Are we prepared for winter storm 2027?

We have to pay attention to the citizen, local and national reporting on the very unsettling 10-day long power outage continuing in Gary, Indiana. How can we help the Gary community now? How do we prepare for individual and collective survival if this happens in our neighborhood?