Justice for Louisiana Women 2018 Information

We are so excited that you will be joining us for Justice for Louisiana Women Advocacy Day on April 11th. We hope that you can find all the information you need on this page. If not, please contact us at info@liftlouisiana.org

Capitol Park Welcome Center, 702 N River Road | Baton Rouge, LA 70802 MAP

The Agenda for the Day

9:30 am Arrive and Check in/Register

9:30 am – 11:00 am – Visit the Committee Hearings at the Capitol Building

11:15 am – Press Conference at the Welcome Center

12:00 pm – Grab a Bite - Lunch provided by our sponsors

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Program: Hearing from Leaders and Legislators why these issues matter

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - Making Your Voice Heard at the Capitol

3:30 pm – Bus Departs from Baton Rouge to New Orleans

Download the Agenda HERE

Transportation

From New Orleans:

Carpool/BUS: Those seeking or offering a ride are asked to please meet at COSTCO 3900 Dublin St, New Orleans, LA 70118 at 7:00 am. There will be a bus available which will leave for Baton Rouge from COSTCO at 7:30 am SHARP. The bus will leave Baton Rouge at 3:30pm and return to New Orleans around 5:30 depending on traffic conditions.

Directions from New Orleans can be found here

Directions from Monroe can be found here

Directions from Shreveport/Bossier can be found here

Directions from Lafayette can be found here

Parking can be difficult – free parking is available on along the River. There are also paid parking garages

State Welcome Center Garage 101 North St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 MAP

Galvez Parking Garage 504 Main St, Baton Rouge, LA 70801 MAP

What to Wear

You are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing any organization that you are affiliated with. Otherwise, we ask that you wear purple.

Legislative Agenda

We have created a list of bills provided by our organizational partners that would impact the lives of women, their children and their communities. You can find the list here.

Need to know more about these issues?

Watch the recordings of all the Justice for Women issue briefings at this link.

What if you can’t be in Baton Rouge?

You can still participate! We encourage all advocates to take to social media on April 11th!

1.       Use the social media toolkit in this folder and download and share the graphics using #Justice4LAwomen

2.       We will be live streaming the Press Conference at 11:15 am on the Facebook Event Page HERE

3.       Use the #Justice4LAWomen Twibbon to change your profile picture. Go to http://twibbon.com/support/justice4lawomen

4.       Or download the picture and upload it to your profile pic.

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