In the fall of 2010, Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow, Alison McCrary will begin her new initiative at Safe Streets/Strong Communities, Decriminalization of Culture Campaign: Revitalizing the Right to Culture in New Orleans. The initiative will focus on helping members of New Orleans' Mardi Gras Indian Tribes and the Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs to lawfully resist infringement on their rights by officers of N.O.P.D. This project responds to pressure from certain New Orleans quarters to push the Mardi Gras Indians and 2nd-Line performers, who have endured as key elements of New Orleans' cultural motive for over 100 years, to the margins of the city's cultural landscape.