Move The Mindset

What We Do

What We Do

Move the Mindset’s mission is to educate our community on racial and social justice issues through education, dialogue, the arts and direct action. Your donation will help to fund our endeavors:

Moving the General Alfred Mouton Confederate Jim Crow statue off public-owned land
Investigating and influencing how local schools approach the teaching of American history, especially the era of slavery
Planning lectures and educational events about racial history and racial justice for our community’s enrichment
Working with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) in addressing the injustices in our criminal justice system
Participating with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in honoring those lynched in our parish (county) through the placement of Memorial Markers
Developing educational documentaries about life in Lafayette during the Jim Crow era
Teaching chess to local youth to help develop critical thinking

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MTM Juneteenth Commemoration 2023

8-13-22 EJI Soil Ceremony

Move the Mindset continued it’s soil ceremonies with Equal Justice Initiative in Aug, honoring Ovide Belizaire and an Unknown Individual.

Read media coverage on the event below.

From the Acadiana Advocate

Promotional video for the Ceremony on Youtube

More info on the ceremonies from EJI

Join Us for the MTM Juneteenth Commemoration!

MTM will host a Juneteenth Commemoration on Friday, June 17 from 6-8pm at the Acadiana Center for the Arts (101 W Vermilion St.).

This year, we are also coordinating with a coalition of organizations sponsoring several Juneteenth events that weekend. Check out the coalition website for more information about events and times!

Remembrance Soil Collection Ceremony for Antone Domingue

Remembrance Soil Collection Ceremony for Antone Domingue

Rev. Zach Sasser officiates the remembrance soil collection ceremony held for Antone Domingue, lynching victim.

On Saturday, December 4, 2021, the Move the Mindset Equal Justice Initiative Committee held a remembrance soil collection ceremony for lynching victim Antone Domingue in Carencro, LA. MTM President Frederick Prejean and EJI Committee Chair Ian Beamish served as co-liasons for the event. Rev. Zach Sasser presided over the ceremony.

The ceremony was conducted as part of the Equal Justice Initiative’s nation-wide Community Remembrance Project, which seeks to memorialize the victims of racial violence and foster meaningful dialogue about race and justice.

Another remembrance soil collection ceremony is planned for next year in Youngsville, LA to memorialize racial violence victim Ovide Belizaire.