520. Joshua Trosclair, part 2

520. Part 2 of our conversation with Joshua Trosclair, a progressive activist.  "HousingLOUISIANA is a statewide initiative aimed at meeting Louisiana's housing needs and create a statewide network of regional housing alliances to ensure better collaboration across the state. Under the #PutHousingFirst banner, Louisiana has built out its Housing Triad, a multi-pronged strategy transforming the affordable housing marketplace across the state.  This alignment supports a housing-centered foundation for intersectional community-rooted initiatives designed to respond to climate change, criminal justice reform, racial inequity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hurricanes that have devastated South Louisiana over the last few years."  

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 30, 1803. Louisiana Treaty Purchase Treaty signed.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On May 6, 1883, the Daily Picayune reported that "a New Orleans concern which H. C. Ramos is president and other leading buisness are interested" bought two stores on Tchoupitoulas Street with plans to  erect a plant for the manufacture of their product, Red Rock Ginger Ale. Henry C. Ramos would gain greater fame in 1888 when he concocted the first Ramos Gin Fizz — a mixture of gin, lemon juice, lime juice, egg white, sugar, cream, orange flower water, and soda water — at his Imperial Cabinet Saloon on Gravier Street. Before Prohibition, Ramos had over 20 bartenders working at the Imperial at once making nothing but the Ramos Gin Fizz - and still struggling to keep up with demand. During the carnival of 1915, 32 staff were on at once, just to shake the drink. 
3. This week in Louisiana.
   New Orleans to Memphis
   May 21-29, 2023
   Website
   Riverboat Cruise from New Orleans to Memphis
   Immerse yourself in history and heritage on this journey from New Orleans to Memphis. Soak up the rich French and Acadian cultures that infuse the Lower Mississippi, and be inspired by the stories of famed musicians and civil rights heroes. Savor delicious Cajun and Creole cuisine, as well as Memphis’s famous BBQ. And stir your soul with the rhythms of Dixieland jazz, Delta blues and gospel.
   Cost is over $4,300.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Swing 17 & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies at the Spotted cat on Frenchmen Street.

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