Stories for the Worries Projects

Stories for the Worries

Bvlbancha Public Access is committed to supporting and providing a platform to aid affected Indigenous communities during disaster moments around the Gulf South region.

I.C.E. Storm Response

In 2025, the national I.C.E. storm disaster hit Louisiana communities and shifted the social landscape of the region.

Local organizations organizing around this storm include:

NOLA Ice Watch

SouthEast Dignity Not Detention
Unión Migrante
Familias Unidas en Acción
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants (LORI)
Louisiana Advocates for Immigrants in Detention

Winter Story Drive

Coming Soon!

Winter is often a Turtle Island Indigenous story time to talk about monsters and bad times...

Hurricane Ida Response

In September 2021, Hurricane Ida hit South Louisiana coastal communities and changed the social and geographic landscape of the area. This storm impacted many tribal communities, and Bvlbancha Public Access continues to urge you to consider donating to the impacted tribes.

Credits

Hurricane response was conceptualized by Jean-Luc Pierite, and produced by Brittany Verdin Jimenez, Hali Dardar, Ida Aronson, and Jean-Luc Pierite

Ida Response

A list of ways to help communities recover from hurricane Ida

Story Drive

A story every 15 minutes to raise awareness of Ida

Sounds for the Worries

A playlist of Indigeous content to take minds off pre-storm nerves

Post-Ida Organizing

Updates and signal boosting for post-storm mutual aid