Mays Development Group LLC

08/22/2026

New Orleans has lost a legend!

Rest well Mr. Jerome Smith, aka “Big Duck”.
Thank you for your lifelong sacrifice to all people and your forever fight for equality.

08/20/2026

In politics, it isn’t all about the money, it’s about knowing your audience, and having a strong ground game.

Alexander Vindman came into Florida's Democratic Senate primary with national name recognition and more than $16 million raised. Jacksonville State Rep. Angie Nixon raised less than $1 million.

On Tuesday, the proof was shown that data and ground can win elections.

Nixon didn't just squeak by in this race. She beat Vindman 56% to 44% and walked away with the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Nixon has represented Jacksonville in the Florida House since 2020, but her roots go back years in community organizing.
That organizing in addition to a strong grassroots movement gave her the victory that no one saw coming.

She will face Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in November.

08/06/2026

08/04/2026

Please join us as we celebrate 2 (two ) changemakers today, Our CEO, Dr. Alexia Mays, and the 44th President of the United States, President Barack Obama!

Happy Birthday Dr. Mays & President Obama

08/03/2026

Please join us in congratulating Former State Representative Barbara Norton on her nuptials to Mr. Joseph Irving.
We wish the two(2) of you much happiness and joy.

08/02/2026

Happy Heavenly Birthday Benjamin Mays..August 1, 1894..March 28, 1984

Benjamin Mays was a minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights movement. Mays taught and mentored many influential activists, including Martin Luther King Jr, Julian Bond, Maynard Jackson, and Donn Clendenon, among others.
Mays' commitment to social justice through nonviolence and civil resistance were cultivated from his youth through the lessons imbibed from his parents and eldest sister. The peak of his public influence coincided with his nearly three-decade tenure as the sixth president of Morehouse College, a historically black institution of higher learning, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mays was born in the Jim Crow South on a repurposed cotton plantation to freed sharecroppers. He traveled North to attend Bates College and the University of Chicago from where he began his career in activism as a pastor in Georgia's Shiloh Baptist Church. Six years later, Mays was tapped to lead Morehouse out of its financial insecurity. Over his tenure from 1940 to 1967, the college's financial endowment doubled, enrollment quadrupled, and it became academically competitive. By the 1960s, Mays established the college as a feeder school for "African-American firsts" in the United States.
Due to the college's small student body, Mays personally mentored many students, most notably King; the two first met in 1944. King was known as Mays' "spiritual son" and Mays his "intellectual father." After King's "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, Mays gave the benediction. Five years later, upon King's assassination and death, Mays delivered the eulogy where he described King in his "No Man is Ahead of His Time" speech. Mays stepped down from the Morehouse presidency in 1967 continuing to work as a leader in the African American community through national social tours. He presided over the Atlanta Board of Education from 1969 to 1978, where he initiated the racial desegregation of Atlanta.

*The Legacy continues, Built to Be Amaysing*

08/01/2026

Georgia, the General Election Starts Here!

The countdown to victory begins now.

This weekend is about building momentum, bringing people together, and organizing across the state of Georgia.
We are moving Forward Together for Georgia and this is just the beginning.

Let’s keep the energy high, the conversations going, and the work moving forward. Georgia, let’s win this together!

Join our team at pennyforgeorgia.com

07/30/2026

Five states, including Louisiana, have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help developing nuclear energy to create thousands of jobs.

Learn more ⬇️

07/20/2026

We have an urgent request for Warrior Phillip Mullin.
We are asking people to donate platelets for Phillip at children’s hospital in New Orleans.

🚨 URGENT: Platelet Donors Needed 🚨Phillip Mullins a patient at Children’s Hospital is in critical need of platelet donations.
Platelets only have a shelf life of 5 days, so a constant supply is vital for kids fighting sickle cell and cancer and undergoing tough treatments.

If you are in the Greater New Orleans area, please consider making a targeted donation.

You can donate at The Blood Center or Ochsner Blood Bank and ask to direct your donation to Phillip Mullin 🛑

Please schedule an appointment today. Your time can literally save Phillip's life.

Where: Local New Orleans donation centers like The Blood Center or Ochsner Blood Bank.💊 Note: No aspirin 48-72 hours before your ! 🙏🩸📍

Where to Donate Platelets in New OrleansThe following community centers directly supply and support regional facilities, including Children's Hospital . Be sure to mention Phillip Mullin name at registration.

The Blood Center Locations
The Blood Center is the primary blood provider hospitals. They accept platelet apheresis appointments online.

Metairie Donor CenterAddress: 2617 Edenborn Ave A, Metairie, LA 70002
Hours: Mon-Tue, Thu: 12 PM - 7 PM; Wed: 7 AM - 7 PM; Fri: 7 AM - 2 PM; Sat: 9 AM - 3 PM
Phone: 504-249-4450

Westbank Donor CenterAddress: 2701 Manhattan Blvd Ste. 21-22, Harvey, LA 70058
Phone: 1-800-86-BLOOD

Ochsner Blood BankThe Atrium Donor CenterAddress: 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fl 1 Atrium Tower, New Orleans, LA 70121

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07/16/2026

While social media amplifies visibility, true grassroots advocacy and politics is built on foundational groundwork like door-to-door canvassing, community meetings, and face-to-peer conversations. Authentic relationships and boots-on-the-ground organizing remain the most reliable drivers of lasting political and social change.

While digital tools are useful for broadcasting, building a movement from the ground up requires deep, personal connections.

Social media noise, videos and cool memes does not translate to votes. Structure, alliances, and grassroots support win initiatives and elections.

Political popularity online is very different from actual strength on the ground.

You must know your audience, know how to reach your audience, and know how to engage your audience.