Stand with us Wednesday August 29 in New Orleans as we take to the streets for a rally and peaceful protest.

All events are free and open to the public. No registration is required.

8/29: Wednesday August 29, 2007
2nd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

A Day of Presence and Remembrance

Official Schedule of Events

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: 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: www.peopleshurricane.org)

2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: 8/29: A DAY OF PRESENCE AND REMEMBRANCE 
Location: 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 outcry for change to end the suffering will include international, national and local officials, celebrities, activists, and citizens.

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: 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.

A Day of Presence Event Producers:
Vincent Sylvain, Sylvain Solutions, TheNewOrleansAgenda.com
Gina Charbonnet, GeChar, GeChar.com

Media/PR
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
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