Every year June is recognized as Pride month to honor the contributions to society made by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other people of diverse sexualities and genders (LGBTQIA+). In celebration of Acadiana’s LGBTQIA+ population of all ages, Acadiana Queer Collective is organizing the FREE Pride Acadiana event on Saturday, June 11, 2022....Read More

Learning is a never-ending process. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly taught us that with daily pop tests. Now, kids all across the world are facing significant back-to-school anxiety. Over the last year and a half, each day seems to present new challenges, more questions, and fewer answers. These experiences continually show that no matter how much...Read More

UPDATE 12/15/21: Group will end at the close of January 2022. As the 40th anniversary of HIV/AIDS being first identified approaches in June, SAGE New Orleans is offering a free HIV support group to help people who are aging with HIV, an increasingly forgotten generation who lived through the most devastating years of the epidemic...Read More

PFLAG, the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies, is hosting a Support Group Virtual Meeting on Thursday, January 14th from 7-9 p.m. PFLAG Connects is a new virtual meeting space for the PFLAG Chapter Network that helps support you, so you can...Read More

Free, 90-minute counseling sessions available to healthcare workers and their families   Maison Vie New Orleans Therapy and Counseling is offering a free 90-minute session to healthcare workers and their families in the local area who may have experienced difficulties or disconnection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has placed tremendous psychological distress on healthcare workers...Read More

Fear of the unknown can cause significant anxiety for many people. This condition can create or exacerbate mental health issues, leading individuals to fear what they do not have answers to. Essentially it is the fear of anything that is beyond their comfort zone. The long-running pandemic of COVID-19 has been hard for people. From...Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has strained many people since quarantine first started back in March. While many people follow government mandates to wear masks and other restrictions in an effort to help stop spread Coronavirus, some feel leaders are overreaching with COVID rules thereby refusing to “go along.” The resulting conflicts between “maskers” and “anti-maskers” are...Read More

Parents of Generation Z kids, do you know how to protect your child’s wellbeing when it comes to social media and electronics? Electronic devices play a major role in modern society, touching just about every aspect of our lives and increasing their reach every day. Generation Z, those born between 1997-2012, is unique in that...Read More

The world can be a stressful enough place when trying to strengthen your family on an ordinary day. What about during challenging times like the ones we currently find ourselves in? Businesses, schools, and venues are shut down. Jobs have been lost; lives put on pause — all for an indefinite amount of time —...Read More

Organizers encourage residents with month-long initiative in support of World Mental Health Day Amid a noisy, often discouraging world polluted with self-serving signs and messages, one local business is providing love to locals with no strings attached. Maison Vie New Orleans Therapy and Counseling is running the month-long initiative, which coincides with World Mental Health...Read More