Category: Community & Culture
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Brandon & Blair Dottin-Haley on Legacy, New Orleans, and Building Something Real
Brand activists Brandon & Blair Dottin-Haley on civil rights lineage, documentary filmmaking, entrepreneurship, and why New Orleans is worth the grind.
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Small Steps, Big Life: Mark Berger on Holistic Health
Holistic coach Mark Berger joins KW New Orleans to talk incremental change, stress, relationships, and bringing a yoga festival to New Orleans.
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Walker’s Imaginarium: Children’s Hospital Builds Joy
Anamaría Villamarín-Lupin of Manning Family Children’s on Walker’s Imaginarium, the parenting center, and how New Orleans is investing in kids.
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Glass Half Full: How Recycling Builds Real Estate Resilience
Glass Half Full turns recycled glass into sand for coastal restoration, strengthening New Orleans communities, resilience, and real estate leadership. NEW ORLEANS — What if something as simple as recycling your wine and beer bottles could help protect your home, your neighborhood, and our region’s future? That’s the story behind Glass Half Full — a…
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Dr. Calvin Mackie on Entrepreneurial Agency & Hope
Insights from Dr. Calvin Mackie on why skills create leverage and how New Orleans entrepreneurs must choose agency over comfort to win in 2026. I’ve been thinking a lot about Thursday night with Dr. Calvin Mackie. What struck me most wasn’t a single story or soundbite — it was the energy in the room. When…
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Dr. Vera Triplett on Building a School That Serves Every Child
Noble Minds Founder & CEO Dr. Vera Triplett joined us this week with a clear message: New Orleans needs more schools built for the kids other places won’t take. When the team saw that the traditional charter structure couldn’t support the level of therapeutic and behavioral care their students required, they pivoted. Noble Minds became…
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Inside the Fight Against Hunger with Second Harvest’s Lindsay Hendrix
Driving the news: New Orleans is facing one of the most challenging food insecurity spikes in more than a decade — and Second Harvest Food Bank is at the center of the response. This week, KW New Orleans welcomed Lindsay Hendrix, Chief Impact Officer of Second Harvest, for a powerful and deeply human conversation about…
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Culture, Cuisine & Community: The Legacy of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant with Stella Chase Reese
In a moving and joy-filled KW New Orleans session, Stella Chase Reese—daughter of the late Leah Chase and current steward of the historic Dooky Chase’s Restaurant—took us on a powerful journey through food, civil rights, and community legacy. Watch the Conversation From Humble Beginnings to Presidential Recognition In 1941, Stella’s grandmother started a small po’boy…
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Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope: LaShondra Glover on the Power of Community & Second Harvest
At Keller Williams, RED Day—Renew, Energize, Donate—is more than a tradition. It’s a mission. Each May, we step away from real estate and step into our communities to serve where it’s needed most. This year, we’re proud to team up with Second Harvest Food Bank, and we had the honor of hearing from LaShondra Glover,…
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Second Harvest Food Bank’s Lindsay Hendrix on Impact and Community
Why it matters At Keller Williams New Orleans, we believe in making a difference—whether it’s through selling homes or changing lives. This week, we sat down with Lindsay Hendrix, Chief Impact Officer at Second Harvest Food Bank, to discuss their vital work, the challenges they face, and how the real estate community can step up.…