Belden
"Noonie Man"
Batiste
Candidate for
United States Congress
House of Representatives
Louisiana District 2
Early Voting:
March 6, 2021
Special Election:
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Belden is #2 on the ballot.
"Noonie Man"
Batiste
Candidate for
United States Congress
House of Representatives
Louisiana District 2
Early Voting:
March 6, 2021
Special Election:
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Belden is #2 on the ballot.
Please watch
the 4 videos below...
“I’m running for Congress because we can’t keep electing the same people who promise change and deliver nothing. Every day I work in the community and people are suffering.
People have been losing their jobs, getting evicted from their homes and our young people are crying out for help.
We need immediate action and as Congressman, I will do everything in my power to bring relief to our people.”
Below are some photographs of Belden Batiste distributing winter caps to people in need.
Batiste’s platform is community driven.
Belden's priorities are:
Batiste’s platform is community driven.
Belden's priorities are:
- Housing for all
- Medicare for all
- Student debt cancellation
- A $22/hour living and saving wage
- Major investment in job training programs & small business loans for youth and returning citizens
- A moratorium on new petrochemical plants along Cancer Alley
- Reparations and fully funded medical care for residents of Cancer Alley and Gordon Plaza
- A Green New Deal for Louisiana that will create jobs by cleaning up and repurposing toxic sites
- Reimagining criminal justice by moving from a punitive system to a restorative system while protecting public safety
- A Youth Congress to give our young people a seat at the table to voice their needs
“For too many years, the 2nd District of Louisiana has been destroying itself. We are leasing out our precious land and water to toxic multinational polluters and granting lucrative contracts out of state.
The time has come for us to clean up our land and in doing so create new green jobs and skill training for our people.
We can protect our culture and environment and make our economy boom. If we work together, the 2nd District of Louisiana will become a model of green transformation for the rest of the world.”
Mr. Batiste is neither
a Democrat nor a Republican.
He is fiercely Independent
so that he can support
ALL the people.
“For the last 10 years, we haven’t had a voice in Washington. I’m ready to go and fight to be that voice for the people.”
About Gordon Plaza:
Please watch
the video below...
In 1909, Agriculture Street Landfill (ASL) opened to accommodate trash produced by half of New Orleans residents. ASL occupied 95 acres of previously undeveloped swampland surrounded by Abundance Street, Industry Street, and the Northeastern Railroad Company tracks.
In 1948, facing increased public health concerns, the Louisiana State Legislature passed a law prohibiting open-air landfills in highly populated areas. However, New Orleans city officials sidestepped this law to continue operating Agriculture Street Landfill (ASL) by transforming the dump into a so-called “sanitary landfill.”
At ASL, the implementation of sanitary landfill procedures included spraying the dump with Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). DDT, a powerful insecticide, is now infamous for its detrimental environmental impact and carcinogenic capacity. Before 1956, ASL operators regularly sprayed the chemical Malathion to kill flies. After a particularly intense fly infestation in 1956, the city oversaw “experimental spraying” with Diazinon.
Throughout the 1950s, the local community suffered from horrible stenches, pest infestations, and smoke emanating from Agriculture Street Landfill (ASL). Spontaneous combustion commonly occurred at the site when incompatible wastes came in contact underground, garnering ASL the nickname “Dante’s Inferno.”
In 1957, the City closed the landfill because it could not accommodate any more trash. In September of 1965, following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Betsy, the City temporarily reopened ASL to accommodate excess trash produced by the storm. Much of this refuse contained high levels of toxic lead and arsenic. ASL did not close again until the summer of 1966.
Despite long-standing public concerns regarding the safety of repurposing landfills, in the 1970s, the City began construction of Gordon Plaza, a low-income housing project targeted at first-time home buyers, atop the toxic landfill.
Testing performed at the site of the new Moton Elementary School in 1983-1984 revealed high levels of toxic chemicals in the soil. Environmental Protection Agency officials told them that lead was the only one in over 130 toxic chemicals discovered in levels high enough to generate health concerns.
According to students of Moton Elementary, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) was aware that the site was polluted with toxins. In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tested soil in Gordon Plaza and declared both the residential area and Moton Elementary a Superfund site. OPSB closed Moton Elementary in 1994.
In 2001 the EPA oversaw the installation of a layer of topsoil on Gordon Plaza properties to form a barrier from the toxic land. This soil was washed away by flooding during Hurricane Katrina.
In 2018, courts ordered the OPSB to pay restitution to former students of Moton Elementary due to the city and the school board’s previous knowledge of toxic contamination in the area. The suit awarded $1,000 per student for every year they attended Moton Elementary.
After nearly three decades, citizens in the surrounding community of Gordon Plaza are still fighting for resolution of fact that their homes were built upon an improperly remediated toxic waste dump site. Residents of Gordon Plaza continue to engage in political activism to spread public awareness about toxic contamination in their neighborhood.
The battle continues to achieve fair and just relocation from their tainted properties.
ARTICLES:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/gordon-plaza-louisiana-toxic-landfill-site
https://www.vianolavie.org/2019/06/25/a-toxic-trek-through-nola-hazardous-waste-sites/
https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1489?tour=100&index=5
Belden “Noonie Man” Batiste is a lifelong resident of New Orleans with over 20 years of “boots on the ground” community service and advocacy work.
Belden Batiste with the #GetInformation voter registration group
Belden masking as Flag Boy with Yellow Pocohantas with 3rd Chief Merlin Armstrong and Joyce Montana, wife of “Chief of Chiefs” Tootie Montana (2014)
Belden with Big Chief Alfred Doucette, Big Chief Roderick Sylvas & Big Chief Kenny Young
Belden Batiste and
Belden Batiste Jr.
Belden Batiste Jr.
My son Belden "Bookie" Batiste Jr. & his boyfriend Zerell Louis tell voters what it's like to have me as a father. I couldn't ask for a greater endorsement.
Belden Batiste is Black New Orleans Indian who masks as Flag Boy for Yellow Pocohantas under Big Chief Darryl Montana and a member of the celebrated Batiste family of musicians.
Belden Batiste
Belden Batiste with kids in the Drums Not Guns Program that he founded
"POLITICS
IS A PILE
OF TRICKS"
Please watch
the videos below...
City Councilman Jay Banks and Belden “Noonie Man” Batiste agree on one thing: They exchanged testy words during an encounter Thursday in front of Batiste’s home in New Orleans.
On Thursday morning, February 4, 2021, City Councilman Jay Banks came to the home of Congressional candidate Belden Batiste unannounced, and was angry that Batiste had sharply criticized state Senator Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, during a campaign forum Tuesday night hosted by the Alliance for Good Government.
Both Councilman Jay Banks and Congressional candidate Karen Carter Peterson are members of the BOLD political organization.
Batiste said he was sitting on his porch when Banks arrived Thursday, and that Banks angrily told him that he had to get out of the congressional race.
“He said, ‘You better get out of the election and not come after Karen Carter Peterson,’” Batiste said.
“Why would a City Council member try to terrorize a citizen?” asked Batiste.
He said he told Banks, "I'm running my race, and I'm speaking my mind."
Many thanks to fellow candidate Desiree Ontiveros or speaking out against the tactics that are designed to drown out the voices of the people.
ARTICLES:
https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-councilman-cited-for-threatening-candidate-running-for-congress/35451825
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-orleans-councilman-jay-banks-accused-of-threatening-congressional-candidate/ar-BB1dvOOy
https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/article_8d9ee4a8-6a62-11eb-99c4-2763f4c670f8.html
HERE IS HOW
YOU CAN HELP:
YOU CAN HELP:
If you would like to help support Belden Batiste's campaign for U.S. Congress, there are a number of very simple things that you can do.
(1)
Please call, text, email or private message everyone you know and ask them to visit this website to learn about Belden: http://Belden4Congress.com
(2)
Simply download the PDF below, print it out and post it everywhere you can:
In the windows of your home, car or business
On public bulletin boards
Anywhere else that is appropriate
Print out some extra copies and ask your family, friends and neighbors to put a Belden Batiste campaign sign in their windows too!
In the windows of your home, car or business
On public bulletin boards
Anywhere else that is appropriate
Print out some extra copies and ask your family, friends and neighbors to put a Belden Batiste campaign sign in their windows too!
| belden_batiste_8.5x11_poster.pdf |
(3)
Please download the graphic image below and share it on social media or send it to all of your family, friends and associates via email, text or private message.
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(4)
Download the PDF below, print it out, cut out the 6 small flyers and give them away to the people that you meet throughout the course of your day.
| belden_for_congress_6_per_page.pdf |
(5)
Print out the "Take-one" poster below and post it on bulletin boards wherever you can.
| belden_batiste_take_one_poster.pdf |
(6)
If you would like to have a yard sign (or an even larger sign), please call Belden Batiste directly at 504-322-5532
