New ADayofPresence.com website launches, announces official schedule of events for A Day of Presence and Remembrance for 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, 8/29/07
8:30a.m.: Unveiling of Katrina Memorial and groundbreaking
Location: Katrina Memorial Site, Canal Street / City Park Cemetery @ Head of Canal Street
Clergy, Community leaders, and elected officials will come together to pray for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Katrina Memorial Site will be unveiled at this time.
9:38 a.m.: Ceremonial Bell Ringing and Wreath Laying
Location: Katrina Memorial Site, Canal Street / City Park Cemetery @ Head of Canal Street
Mayor Nagin and Mrs. Nagin will be joined by local, state and national elected officials, community leaders, and citizens at 9:38 a.m. at the Katrina Memorial Site to ring ceremonial bells signifying the series of levee breaches that occurred throughout the city. Bells will ring for two minutes. (9:38 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.)Simultaneously, members of the New Orleans City Council will lay wreaths on levees throughout the city.
Note: One New Orleans Mass Choir will sing prior to the bell ringing
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.: Great Flood Commemoration March
Location: Beginning at the Industrial Canal in the Lower 9th Ward and ending in Congo Square
People’s Hurricane Relief Fund event (link to their website at: http://www.peopleshurricane.org/)
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Commemoration Rally
Location: Congo Square
People’s Hurricane Relief Fund event (link to their website at: http://www.peopleshurricane.org/)
2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: 8/29: A DAY OF PRESENCE AND REMEMBRANCE
Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Outside of Hall D
The people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region are still suffering. There must be a
national outcry, a day of outrage, a day of protest, pray and possibility that the media
cannot ignore; a day during which we demand that our national decision makers redirect our
tax dollars away from war and war profiteering to create a regional Marshall Plan that
restores New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
We all and must take action on August 29, the second anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita. This is the call: On 8/29 the tens of thousands who can travel to New Orleans will
gather for the massive demonstration being planned in New Orleans.
Program: An electrifying program declaring the people's outcry for change to end the suffering will include international, national and local officials, celebrities, activists, and citizens. Some announced guests include Essence magazine editorial director Susan Taylor, recording artist Angie Stone, actress Lyn Whitfield, Judge Mablean Ephram, actress/author Victoria Rowell, scholar Michael Eric Dyson and author Iyania Vanzant. For more information, see ADayofPresence.com, contact NCBCP National Headquarters, or call Cheryl Duncan at (201) 332-8338 or Edrea Davis at (770) 961-6200.
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.: International Tribunal on Katrina and Rita
Location: Pan American Conference Center, 601 Poydras Street, 11th Floor, New Orleans, LA
70130
People’s Hurricane Relief Fund event (link to their website at: http://www.peopleshurricane.org/)
7:30 p.m. Candlelight March
Location: From Canal Street and Convention Center Blvd. to Jackson Square for the vigil.
Questions? Email us at admin@adayofpresence.com or call us at (504) 304-7947.
- Vincent Sylvain, Sylvain Solutions, TheNewOrleansAgenda.com
- Gina Charbonnet, GeChar, GeChar.com
- Terrie Williams, The Terrie Williams Agency
- Cheryl Duncan, The Terrie Williams Agency (ph: 201-332-8338 / email: cheryl_duncan@earthlink.net )
- Edrea Davis, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (ph: 770-961-6200 author@snitchcraft.com)
Also See
Call for "A Day of Presence" in New Orleans
By Susan Taylor of EssenceAfrican-American Leadership Project (AALP) Announces Schedule of Activities to Commemorate Hurricane Katrina
The New Orleans Agenda Newsletter
"Hands Around The Dome" ceremony to serve as crowning event of the 2nd
Katrina Anniversary Observance and Commemoration
