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Shamyra Lavigne-Davey is a native of St. James, Louisiana and a third generation Human Rights activist. In 2020, Shamyra became the Executive Assistant to the Founder/Director of RISE St. James Louisiana, a faith-based grassroots nonprofit organization fighting for the eradication of petrochemical emissions in the river parishes also known as “Cancer Alley”. Shamyra is a 2023 Young, Gifted, And Green: 40 Under 40 Award recipient and a 2023 and 2024 Essence Festival featured panelist. Shamyra currently serves as an Advisor on the Conceptual Committee for the Frontline Resource Institute (FRI).

Shamyra explains the history and current state of environmental racism in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley". Shamyra is the Executive Assistant at RISE St. James Louisiana, is a faith-based, grassroots, nonprofit organization fighting for clean air and water as well as the eradication and expansion of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish and the surrounding river parishes. Register at https://www.gonzaga.edu/climate-institute

All community members are invited to monthly open house events with district leaders. Ask questions, share feedback and learn about our schools while enjoying fresh, local coffee generously provided by Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters. When you arrive, please check in at the school’s Main Office and follow the signs to the event.

All community members are invited to monthly open house events with district leaders. Ask questions, share feedback and learn about our schools while enjoying fresh, local coffee generously provided by Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters. When you arrive, please check in at the school’s Main Office and follow the signs to the event.

All community members are invited to monthly open house events with district leaders. Ask questions, share feedback and learn about our schools while enjoying fresh, local coffee generously provided by Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters. When you arrive, please check in at the school’s Main Office and follow the signs to the event.

All community members are invited to monthly open house events with district leaders. Ask questions, share feedback and learn about our schools while enjoying fresh, local coffee generously provided by Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters. When you arrive, please check in at the school’s Main Office and follow the signs to the event.

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is bringing The Cosmic Perspective to the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Dr. Tyson has written and continues to write for the public. Among Tyson’s fifteen books is Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution; the companion book to the PBS NOVA four-part mini-series Origins, in which Tyson served as on-camera host. The program premiered in September 2004 cementing Dr. Tyson as a household name.

For five seasons, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS NOVA’s spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.

All community members are invited to monthly open house events with district leaders. Ask questions, share feedback and learn about our schools while enjoying fresh, local coffee generously provided by Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters. When you arrive, please check in at the school’s Main Office and follow the signs to the event.