Legislation Details

File #: TMP-3197   
Type: First Order of Business Status: Regular Agenda
File created: 10/8/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/15/2026 Final action:
Title: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS - PRESENTATION - RECOGNIZING THE STUDENTS’ CLUB - NELSON ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT AND GERALD WILLIAM, PARLIAMENTARIAN Brief: The STUDENTS’ Club was established by World War II veteran students attending Louisiana’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The organization is now affectionately known as The STUDs Club. Since 1946, the Club has been a quiet but effective pillar of this community and elsewhere with its participation in the 1950 and 1960s Civil Rights Movement, ongoing food and clothing drives and other Civic endeavors. Currently, the Club’s primary objective is to provide needed scholarship dollars to Louisiana’s five HBCUs. In addition to the Club’s annual scholarship donations to Louisiana’s HBCUs, individual members have contributed over $250,000.00 in cash and in-kind contributions to the HBCU scholarship programs of their choice. Club members are celebrating the organization's long history with the theme: Celebrating 80 Years of Civi...
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FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS - PRESENTATION - RECOGNIZING THE STUDENTS’ CLUB - NELSON ALEXANDER, PRESIDENT AND GERALD WILLIAM, PARLIAMENTARIAN

 

Brief:

The STUDENTS’ Club was established by World War II veteran students attending Louisiana’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The organization is now affectionately known as The STUDs Club. Since 1946, the Club has been a quiet but effective pillar of this community and elsewhere with its participation in the 1950 and 1960s Civil Rights Movement, ongoing food and clothing drives and other Civic endeavors. Currently, the Club’s primary objective is to provide needed scholarship dollars to Louisiana’s five HBCUs. In addition to the Club’s annual scholarship donations to Louisiana’s HBCUs, individual members have contributed over $250,000.00 in cash and in-kind contributions to the HBCU scholarship programs of their choice. Club members are celebrating the organization's long history with the theme: Celebrating 80 Years of Civic Commitment and Community Enhancement.

 

Annotation:

(Cm. Willard).

TO APPEAR.