Acadiana Press Club

Join us at noon today for our newest Newsmaker Forum. We'll address disability access in Lafayette. Scheduled to join Acadiana Press Club for the discussion include disability advocates Liam Doyle and Ray Green, who will discuss progress made in Lafayette and the challenges that remain ahead. The forum will start at noon at AOC Community Media, located in the Rosa Parks Transportation Center at 101 Jefferson St. in Lafayette.

We've got a great crowd for our Newsmakers Forum with Rep. Clay Higgins. There's still time to get here before the forum ends at 12:30 p.m.

Join us Tuesday, March 14 at 2 pm for a debate with candidates in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals race. This event is being co-sponsored by the Acadiana Press Club and UL's SPJ organization and will be held in the Louisiane Room, UL Student Union.

Join us at noon as we talk the recent special legislative session with Sen. Fred Mills and Rep. Terry Landry. The Newsmakers Forum starts at noon at Acadiana Open Channel studios.

The Acadiana Press Club and UL Lafayette Society of Professional Journalists chapter hosted a forum Monday featuring two local candidates for the state Supreme Court.

La. Supreme Court candidates debate on UL campus District 3 candidates for the Louisiana Supreme Court field questions on ma*****na, fracking and coastal restoration.

Miss our Newsmaker Forum yesterday? Here's The Daily Advertiser's story on it.

Lafayette police and community seek answers, unity Lafayette police chief, others discuss impact of recent events

This young man spoke from the heart at the July 18, 2016, Acadiana Press Club forum on what it's like to be a black man in these trying times.

What it's like to be a black man A citizens attending the Acadiana Press Club forum July 18, 2016, explains what it's like to be a black man today. Video by Claire Taylor, Daily Advertiser

Our Newsmaker Forum is under way. Our panel is discussing policing during times of civil unrest.

The following guests will join us for our Newsmaker Forum Monday at noon, Daily Advertiser community room:

Dr. David Khey, UL Lafayette criminal justice department head; Tracie L. Washington, a New Orleans-based National Lawyers Guild attorney; Reginald Thomas, interim chief with the Lafayette Police Department; Marja Broussard, Lafayette NAACP leader and community organizer; and Maj. Art LeBreton, enforcement commander with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.

In addition, a representative from Louisiana State Police has been invited to be a panelist.

We've got a timely panel lined up for our Monday Newsmakers Forum that will discuss policing during times of civil unrest. Join us at noon in the Daily Advertiser's community room.