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Two men working to end the violence in New Orleans communities
Sometimes they pray if someone is open to it. Other times they offer folks information on social services. Author: Paul Dudley / Eyewitness News Published: 11:00 PM CDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 11:00 PM CDT May 12, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Once a week in a different part of the city, you ll find Philip Brock and Ian Ballard. The two are part of the group Positive minds, Positive movement , a non-profit.
Brock who has a background in mental health, started it along with Ballard, a former truck driver now on a different road. Together, they walk neighborhoods and say a quick hello.
The rainy days during the early spring brought to my mind of the thought that it is mudbug season(crawdads) in North Mississippi from March to May as the bottom lands surrounding Hurricane begin to teem with the âcrittersâ(my personal definition). It has become somewhat of an âin thingâfor the younger generation to host a food fest or a neighborhood boil featuring the Southern delicacy. After they are caught, a brand of shrimp boil is used to enhance the flavor of the local fare as they are cooked. The laid back presentation has newspapers to serve the mudbugs on after they are boiled; so a picnic is just waiting to happen locally without any fanfare. Iâm not real keen on odoriferous foods; so it will be with the open mindset that I take at any wild game supper or reunion if I eat crawdads. There are usually saltines and sweet tea on the menu; so I just load my paper plate and Dixie cup with these and pretend that Iâm partaking of the wildebeest or allig