Stop the Grain Train

We are back to meeting every Wednesday! Come out and join our fight to stop the industrialization of the #Lower9 and Arabi. 📅 Every Wednesday from 6:30-8:00 PM 📍 @art.conscious at 6601 St Claude Ave, Arabi, LA 70032 Your voice matters! Join us in stopping Sunrise Foods from bringing pollution and train traffic into our neighborhoods. Come to the meetings, spread the word, and fight for the future of our community.

Have you heard what the Port of New Orleans plans to do in the Lower Ninth Ward? Help us #StoptheGrainTrain. Contact your legislators and visit to sign our petition.

Six months strong, and we’re not backing down. 💪🌱 Today marks half a year since we learned about the grain train threatening our community. They count on us to lose steam—but we’re still here, still fighting, and still protecting our neighborhood. Every voice, every action, every small win matters. Let this be a reminder: we are making progress, and we are not done yet. ✊✨ #StopTheGrainTrain #NewOrleans #CommunityOverCorporations #Lower9 #lowerninthward Thank you @zachary_kanzler for creating such a powerful video and to @stephenlomonaco for capturing the voices of our neighbors ❤️

🚨 Click the link in our bio to demand that @la_dotd conduct a safety assessment of the proposed reactivation of the industrial tracks from the Alabo Street Wharf. Did you know there’s been NO MODERN REVIEW of the risks the industrial tracks pose down St Claude Ave and through our #Lower9 neighborhoods? Yet, in just three weeks, two trains operated by @norfolksouthern collided with vehicles in Chalmette. On March 23, an 18-wheeler hit a train. On April 7, another train struck a vehicle, shutting down major roads. Thankfully, no one was injured. But the question is: what happens next time? If @portnola ’s plans move forward to use the Alabo Street Wharf as a grain terminal, trains would run down neighborhood streets, just feet from people’s homes. That means: • Increased risk of collisions at 22 crossings without gates • Trains navigating tight curves on narrow residential roads • Grain dust that can become combustible where children play • Reactivated tracks that haven’t been used this way in decades without a modern safety review This wouldn’t just impact one neighborhood. Rail traffic along St. Claude would affect communities from the #LowerNinthWard through #Chalmette. This level of change demands careful review. Join us to keep our neighborhoods safe! Thank you to our neighbors @louisianapsl and @neworleansliberationcenter for creating this video with us ❤️✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿❤️

🚨 Click the link in our bio to demand that the @la_dotd conduct a safety assessment of the proposed reactivation of the Norfolk Southern industrial tracks from the Alabo Street Wharf. Did you know there’s been NO MODERN REVIEW of the risks the industrial tracks pose down St Claude Ave and through our #Lower9 neighborhoods? Yet, in just three weeks, two trains operated by @norfolksouthern collided with vehicles in Chalmette. On March 23, an 18-wheeler hit a train. On April 7, another train struck a vehicle, shutting down major roads. Thankfully, no one was injured. But the question is: what happens next time? If @portnola ’s plans move forward to use the Alabo Street Wharf as a grain terminal, trains would run down neighborhood streets - just feet from people’s homes. That means: • Increased risk of collisions at 22 crossings without gates • Trains navigating tight curves on narrow residential roads • Grain dust that can become combustible where children play • Reactivated tracks that haven’t been used this way in decades - without a modern safety review This wouldn’t just impact one neighborhood. Rail traffic along St. Claude would affect communities from the #LowerNinthWard through #Chalmette. This level of change demands careful review. Join us to keep our neighborhoods safe!

Did you see the train derailment in #Arabi on March 23? Same company @norfolksouthern with @portnola and Sunrise Foods aka @tiryakiagrogida plan to run grain trains just 20 feet from our homes in the #LowerNinthWard. What happens if the next derailment is here? 🚨 #StopTheGrainTrain #neworleans #chalmette

Sunrise Foods calls it the first dedicated organic grain port in the U.S. But it would also be the first built in a RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 📍 The terminal is just 175 yards from homes 🚸 With train tracks 20 feet from driveways 🌫️ Daily trains and pollution will ruin our quality of life with no infrastructure to protect residents We all deserve healthy, organic products, but not at the expense of our historical community. There are better, more industrialized locations in Louisiana. Why is Sunrise Foods so set on ruining a thriving neighborhood? Keep industrialization OUT of the #LowerNinthWard. 📣 Contact Councilmember Jason Hughes 📞 (504) 658-1050 📧 [email protected] #StopTheGrainTrain

@lacibnola ’s family is five generations deep in the #LowerNinthWard. She reminds us the #Lower9 is more than a neighborhood. It’s legacy, culture, and community. That’s why she’s calling on the Port of New Orleans and Sunrise Foods to answer a simple question: How does this grain terminal benefit our community when it brings grain dust, air pollution, health risks, safety concerns, and trains rolling through residential streets? Our community deserves real investment. NOT more industrialization. We deserve clean air, safe streets, and development that puts residents first. 📣 Help us contact Councilmember Jason Hughes and remind him this grain terminal is bad for our neighborhood and bad for business in the Lower Ninth. 📞 (504) 658-1050 📧 [email protected] #StopTheGrainTrain

Thank you to the hundreds of neighbors, leaders, and organizations who stood with us in demanding a public hearing from the US Army Corps for the proposed Sunrise Foods Grain Terminal in the #lowerninthward A special thanks to the leaders and organizations that wrote letters protecting our historic neighborhood: 🔘 Congressman Troy A. Carter reptroycarter 🔘 Representative Mike Bayham 🔘 Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice 🔘 Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans @prcnola 🔘 Urban Conservancy @urbanconservancy 🔘 Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation @louisianatrust 🔘 Louisiana Landmarks Society @pitothouse Together, we’re proving that when communities stand united, we can protect our neighborhoods from corporate greed and environmental harm. #StopTheGrainTrain #neworleans #lower9 #lower9thward #environmentaljustice #neworleansculture #holycross #nola #environment #environmentalhealth #environmentalracism #corporategreed

🛑Thank you to everyone who showed up to @stopthegraintrain ! It was a wonderful night in the backyard, with all bar proceeds going to the cause! We loved having @fiddlekiller host bingo! And bidding on the silent auction! If you couldn’t make it to the event, there is still time to act. Go to stopthegraintain.com for more information. This train is bad for the residents and businesses of Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish. The money raised will go toward fighting the industrialization of our community.

Happy spooky season 👻 The scariest thing in the #Lower9 isn’t ghosts, it’s @portnola ’s #environmentalracism. Join the fight this month to #StopTheGrainTrain: 🎃 Come out to our Bingo Fundraiser on Sunday, Oct 19 (4–8 PM) at @pirogueswhiskeybayou . Your support helps us keep the #LowerNinthWard safe from this nightmare project. ✉️ Send the Army Corps an email demanding a public hearing. Comments due by 10/22. See the link in bio to send an email. Thanks to @fspnola for finding such big-hearted skeletons to join our fight.

This is what industrializing the #Lower9 looks like. We must stop it. Hit the link in our bio to demand a public hearing from the US Army Corps. #stopthegraintrain