GET TO KNOW KNOX

Why I'm Running

I am running because I truly believe that together we can do better. No, we do not need any person to be our savior. We are whom we seek. 

I want to work with others, build coalitions, and use my experience as a former Legislative correspondent on Capitol Hill to be ready on day one to tackle hard issues in this upcoming legislative session. I am ready to work hard to address public safety while addressing the root causes of crime, to combat homelessness, to provide more resources for mental health needs, to help families improve educational and economic opportunities and of course address our deteriorating infrastructure.

My experience in government and community engagement will be an asset to help reach across party lines to draft important legislation that put people first, over politics. I firmly believe that we have more likenesses than differences that we can build.

Life of Public Service

Family + Community

Service began with family, when Alonzo grew up in a small shotgun with a big extended family who served each other.to pool limited resources and increase their quality of life. 

At the age of 18, he chose to serve his country as a Marine Infantryman. After seeing combat duty in Operation Desert Storm, he then went on to work with two US Senators in representing the state of Louisiana. ​

Alonzo has also served with numerous public interest organizations including United Negro College Fund, Children's Scholarship Fund, and the Veteran's Administration.​

Alonzo helped rebuild the community with his work with the Road Home Program and continues to work on infrastructure improvements as a board member of Friends of Lafitte Greenway.

Alonzo and his wife Jessica have been married for over 19 years. They met in Washington, DC where Alonzo worked on Capitol Hill for Louisiana Senator John Breaux, and Jessica was attending Howard University Law School. They reside in Tremé with their Cocker Spaniel, Nietzsche.

They have been actively engaged in their community as members of the Historic Faubourg Treme Association, Preservation Resource Center, and co-founders of Friends of Tremé which produces the annual Tremé Fest.

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Alonzo is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and Jessica is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. They are members of First Grace United Methodist Church.

He has worked for notable educational groups including the United Negro College Fund and Children's Scholarship Fund to understand how to address education needs.

Small Business Owner

Ready On Day One

Alonzo received an MBA from Trinity University with an emphasis in Organization Development. He has always wanted to develop quality businesses that serve underserved communities. 

He and his wife, Jessica, own and operate Backatown Coffee Parlour which helped in the revitalization of Iberville and the Basin Street Corridor. They hire youth and train as baristas and how to become entrepreneurs. They have hired from Covenant House, Liberty Kitchen and Hagar's House. 

They also founded and operated the Marketplace at Armstrong Park to address food deserts after Hurricane Katrina.​

They are also working with community groups to act as a community hub after storms.

Alonzo graduated with a Bachelor's in Politial Science and an Associate's degree in Law Enforcement from Southern University - Baton Rouge. He has experience in local, State, and national politics working on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Senator, working at the State Capiitol with a State Representative, and working at the local level as a Historic District Landmark Commissioner for over six years.​

Alonzo served as the Director of Community Engagement for the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation and worked as a Readjustment Specialist with the VA helping unhoused veterans find homes and services which provided needed insight to address mental health and addiction needs in this State and how it relates to crime. 

As District 93 representative, he will be ready on day one to address issues that are important to New Orleans and Louisiana. Because the legislative session, begins weeks after the election, District 93 can't afford to have someone who cannot be effective due to lack of experience.

More About Knox

Alonzo Knox has received the coveted endorsement of Voters Organized to Educate, a group that advocates for the rights of the formerly incarcerated and for improvements to the criminal legal system.

Alonzo is not about being a part of the political elite but about being a part of the people to improve the lives of those in his community. He remembers times of adversity, being born to a teenage mother living in a shotgun house with 6 to 8 people at any given time. He knows struggle, but he turned his struggles into using his talents to serve and uplift, beginning service at the mere age of 18 when he enlisted in the United States Marines and later fought in the first Gulf War.

He went on to work for a State Representative and two United States Senators exceling to a Legislative Correspondent on Capitol Hill. After working for numerous nonprofits that provided access to education, housing to the unhoused, expungements to formerly incarcerated, jobs and training to at-risk youth; he started his own nonprofit that implemented the Marketplace at Armstrong Park to address food deserts after Katrina.

To keep the live music and art culture in his Tremé community, he co-found the Friends of Tremé Culture, which produces the annual Tremé Fall Festival. Alonzo has been doing the work. This is also the reason Former Council President Jackie Clarkson encouraged him to run to be the next Representative for House District 93 and later endorsed him. He has since been endorsed by Frank Perez, Carlos Hornbrook, and Sheriff Susan Hutson.

Organizations that have endorsed him are Step Up for Louisiana, the Independent Women’s Organization, the Louisiana Restaurant’s Association, and he was voted as favorable to the AFL-CIO. In addition, after thoughtful review he has been endorsed by the Gambit newspaper. Alonzo Knox is proud to be endorsed by organizations that represent the people of District 93.

VOTE ALONZO KNOX

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 93

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2023

ALONZO KNOX

For State Representative District 93

301 Basin Street

New Orleans, LA 70112

504-264-1132

Paid for by Committeeto to Elect Alonzo Knox