This came across my inbox today and thought I should share.
That, and a friend's fb status post:
"It feels like the day after 9/11 all over again."
Send love healing strength and fight to all our brothers and sisters out there. The ones on the frontlines of climate change and the xenophobia islamophobic backlash.
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Gulf Coast Fellowship for Community Transformation
Katrina and Rita 5th Anniversary Events Schedule
The following is a list of community events set to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina. Our mission is to support the work of community organizers in the region and we hope this document will be of some service to you.
The events take place mostly from August 20 - Sept 4, 2010, with some events throughout the rest of the month of September.
It is our hope that you attend these community efforts and take the time to reflect and celebrate our accomplishments, our survival and the tasks that remain to be achieved. We also ask that you continue to support these community organizations that remain committed to the longer journey for justice and equity.
We stand in solidarity with those who remain dedicated to a just and equitable recovery for all people and we thank the thousands of volunteers, allies, leaders, advocates and activists (from the region and from around the world) who have given their time, energy, sweat, work, prayers and love to help get us to where we are five years after the storms.
While this list has been compiled by the Gulf Coast Fellowship for Community Transformation as a service to the Gulf Coast Community at large, we ask that you contact the organizers of these events directly for more information.
In solidarity,
Colette Pichon Battle, Esq.
Program Director, Gulf Coast Fellowship for Community Transformation
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Week of Aug 20 - 27, 2010
Latino-Centered Katrina Anniversary Conference 2010 by Puentes-New Orleans
When: Friday August, 20, 2010- 9-5pm; reception from 5-6pm
Where: Intercontinental Hotel- 444 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans
Contact: Darci Becker; puentesintern@gmail.com
Registration information at: www.tinycc/orj1r
Cost: Free admission
Swimming Upstream
Kickoff Event:
Screening of the promo video for Swimming Upstream
When: Friday, August 20, 2010
Where: JuJu Bag Café; 5363 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans
Contact: Viola T. Johnson; violatjohnson@gmail.com , (504) 813-9008
Giant Puppet making workshop by Peace is Power/ American Friends Service Committee
When: Saturday, August 21, 2010- 11am-2pm
Where: Leona Tate Foundation on 2411 Treasure St., New Orleans
Contact: Ahmane' Glover -504-565-3596(o), 912-272-9388(c); aglover@afsc.org
Phenomenal People Celebration of Healing with Hope CDA
This will not only be a time of memorializing and remembering those we lost but a celebration of our many accomplishments. Activities will be throughout Mississippi.
When: August 21-29, 2010
Where: Biloxi, Mississippi
Contact and Schedule: http://www.phenomenalpeople.org
Trouble the Water (Documentary Screening)
When: August 24, 6pm
Where: Holmes Hall, Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS
Contact: RSVP or for more information, please call the ACLU at 601-354-3408. Or email Nancy Kohsin-Kintigh at nkohsinkintigh@aclu-ms.org
Cost: (Admission is free and open to the public.)
Community Center Groundbreaking Honoring Pam Dashiell
When: August 25, 2010- 6:30pm CST - 8:30pm CST
Where: Andry St. at Douglas St. New Orleans
Contact: Global Green Office 504-525-2121
SIDE BY SIDE is hosting: Promo Viewing Party for of SWIMMING UPSTREAM
When: Wednesday, August 25, 2010; 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Ashé Cultural Center, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, New Orleans, LA.
Contact: Luther Gray at (504) 495-0463 or Viola at (504) 813-9008 or www.ashecac.org
Cost: Free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
LANO 2010 Annual Conference (Louisiana Association of Non-profits)
When: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - Friday, August 27, 2010
Where: Astor Crowne Plaza, 739 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=857532
Mobile Exhibition: Those Who Fell Through the Cracks – 5 Years After the Storm.
When: Thursday, August 26, 2010 Exhibition opens at 1:00 p.m. Opening reception following: 5:00-8:00 p.m.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO WORK WITH MOBILE KATRINA PHOTO EXHIBIT.
(August 26 - September 3, 2010)- Photographers Stanley Greene and Kadir van Lohuizen will be in town with a Mobile Photography Exhibition, focusing on Katrina, and would like to have individuals who are interested in photography or the media work with them. They will be in New Orleans from August 26 through September 3, 2010, with activities occurring from Central City to the Lower Ninth Ward. Interested?
Contact: Call Vy at (504) 813-9008 or Gwen at (504) 569-9070 to sign up; www.ashecac.org.
Louisiana Justice Institute’s Justice Revius Ortique Civil Rights Awards Banquet
This will recognize the work of national, state, and local civil rights leaders and is a fundraiser for Louisiana Justice Institute
When: August 26th, 2010
Where: Xavier University Student Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: Jacques E. Morial, jacquesmorial@gmail.com 504.872.9134/(c) 504.628.5517
August 27 - Sept 4, 2010
Green Design Workshops & Demonstrations
Series of workshops and demonstrations projects highlighting green design elements.
When: Friday, August 27, 2010- 10am CST- 5pm CST
Where: 5200 Dauphine St., New Orleans.
Contact: Maryann Miller at 504-312-9202
Restore Trinity: An exhibit of Katrina images featuring the work of Mario Tama of Getty Images and other photographers.
Sponsored by Camp Restore
When: Friday, August 27, 2010- 4:00pm CST - 8:00pm CST -
Where: Trinity Lutheran, 5234 North Claiborne Ave., New Orleans, LA
Contact: Kurt Jostes, 504.242.2636 ext. 5015, 504.289.4497 (c)
Mobile Exhibition: Those Who Fell Through the Cracks – 5 Years After the Storm.
Film Screening: Trouble the Water, 8:00 p.m. and performance by Kimberly Rivers Roberts aka Black Kold Medina
When: Friday, August 27, 2010, Symposium: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Fifth Anniversary Reflections Panel: Cultural community reflections of Katrina
When: August27,2010,6pm
Where: Ashe Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans
Contact: Ashe Cultural Center Damia Khanboubi - dkhan504@gmail.com - 504.569.9070
Please bring art supplies.
Not Meant to Live Like This: Commemoration Event by Fourth World Movement
Katrina commemoration event to highlight the voices of Louisiana residents who live in extreme poverty and the stories of how their lives continue to be directly impacted five years after Hurricane Katrina.
When: Saturday, August 28, 2010 -1pm-6pm
Where: Ashe Cultural Center located at 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans
Contact: Maria Victoire- maria.victoire@atd-quartmonde.org, phone 504.899.9950 Dierdre Mauss - robertmauss@att.net - 504.948.0495
Fifty for Five: Commemoration Event by Rebuilding Together
Rebuilding Together New Orleans along with allies, sponsors and volunteers, repair 50 homes in 5 days in Gentilly- New Orleans.
When: Saturday, August 28, 2010: 2:00 PM– 8:00 PM
Where: Lafayette Square -New Orleans, LA
(between St. Charles and Camp, N. Maestri & S. Maestri.)
Contact: Jeanne Bourgeois jbourgeois@rtno.org ; 504.875.0520
Cost: Donations accepted; cash needed to purchase food, drinks.
Community and Resistance: Five Years After Katrina - Featuring poet Sunni Patterson
Reflections, dialogue and discussion on the lessons for the social justice community from the past five years
When: Saturday, August 28, 3:00pm
Where: Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA
Contact: Jordan Flaherty, neworleans@leftturn.org or Community Book Center, 504.948.READ
Lower 9th Ward Village Katrina Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser –
An evening of music, fun and food with some of New Orleans most talented Musicians!
When: Saturday, August 28, 2010 -7:00pm- 10:00pm
Where: Lower 9th Ward Community Center, 1001 Charbonnet Street, New Orleans.
Contact: Mack (504) 402-4284 or www.lower9thwardvillage.org.
Cost: Free Admission! Donations appreciated!
New Orleans' First Annual Latin Jazz Festival Presented by Casa Borrega
Commemorating the work of our Latino immigrants in rebuilding the region and to benefit Global Green.
When: August 28, 2010- 9:30pm to 2am
Where: Zeitgeist Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA
Contact: Linda Stone- lstone@globalgreen.org, 504-525-2121 ext.186 or 504-292-3705 Cost: $10 donation for admission to this event featuring
The Resilience of a People 2010 Community Fest
Cost: Games and food available for purchase.
Day of Service to Commemorate the 5th Anniversary sponsored by Operation REACH, Inc.
Day of service dedicated to honor our community and celebrate the spirit of New Orleans. Projects designed to engage, empower and inspire all ages.
When: Saturday, August 28th; 9:30 - 3 p.m. (REGISTRATION 9:30-10am)
Where: Operation REACH, Inc. 2115 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Contact: Contact ssanders@operationreach.org or 504-529-1922 x.106
Dress comfortably in clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.
President Barack Obama to Mark Katrina Anniversary in New Orleans:
President Barack Obama will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Aug.29. The White House says Obama will speak at Xavier University. Other administration officials who have worked on Katrina recovery efforts will also be in the region to mark the anniversary.
“Coming Home” Katrina Interfaith Sunrise Service
Interfaith Memorial Service on the Fifth Anniversary of Katrina sponsored by MS Coast Interfaith Disaster Task Force and the Steps Coalition. Representatives from the varied faith traditions on the MS Gulf Coast will participate in the Service.
When: Sunday, August 29, 2010- 6:30 AM
Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 Church Avenue- Pass Christian, MS 39571
Strength, Resilience: 5th Annual Hurricane Katrina Memorial Celebration.
Katrina Memorial Commission invites public to attend. Begins at the Lower 9th Ward Katrina Monument. The Honorable Maxine Waters to serve as keynote speaker.
When: Sunday, August 29- 8:30am - 11:30am CST
Where: Tennessee St. @ N. Claiborne, New Orleans, LA Contact: Donna Dugue’ Office of Councilman Jon D. Johnson 504-658-1050 dmdugue@cityofno.com
Celebration of 5th survival of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and bring communities,
churches and city officials together.
When: August 28, 2010
Where: Jack & Florence Goldin Sports Complex, Prudie Circle Gulfport, MS.
Contact: Bishop Anthony Thompson- 228-326-3185 or Lori Thompson – 228-223-2568
The Fifth Annual Katrina March and Secondline sponsored by the New Orleans Katrina Commemoration Foundation.
Community members organize this march annually to support the community's hard work for housing justice, education justice, healthcare justice, law enforcement justice, and environmental justice. A healing ceremony at Jourdan Road and North Galvez at the location where the levee’s breached in the lower 9th Ward.
When: Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 10am/ Secondline at 1pm
Where: Secondline at the corner of Jordan & N. Galvez, New Orleans, LA (1840 North Claiborne Avenue).
Rally at the corner of St. Bernard and Claiborne Ave.
Contact: 504.496.2668 office; katrinacommemoration@email.com
Survivors Village March and Rally
When: Sunday August 29, 2010- 10am
Where: March/Rally begins at Fight Back Center- 3800 block of St. Bernard Ave march proceeding through the mixed income area & down St. Bernard Ave to Hunters Field to join the City-wide rally.
Contact: Endesha; ejkssno@yahoo.com ; 504-239-2907
Remembering Katrina: 5 Years Later sponsored by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School.
Join the staff and students as we celebrate life, fortitude and the future. Music, Jazz band, Interpretive dance and Food.
When: Sunday, Aug. 29- 10:00am
Where: Corner of Caffin Ave. & Claiborne Ave.
Contact: Sylvia Ellison, Project Director 504.940.2243
Second Line to the Superdome
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and all of New Orleans will second line into the Superdome for musical performances. It will be the biggest parade in history!
When: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Cost: Free
Second Line on Tennessee Ave. -
1:00pm CST - Contact Robert Green 504-201-1207
2nd Annual Asian Americans for Change Gulf Coast Benefit
When: Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 6:30pm
Where: The Biloxi Community Center; 591 Howard Ave., Biloxi, MS
Contact: Kaitlin Truong, kaitlin.troung@aachange.org; 228.806.1384
Cost: $50 food and entertainment or $25 entertainment only.
Group Photographic Projection on the Levee Wall -
Images of Katrina by Stanley Greene,Andy Levin, Kadir Lohuizen, Alan Chin, Debby Fleming Caffery, Jake Price, Anthony Suau, Lee Celano, Jennifer Zdon and friends
When: Sunday August 29- 9:00pm
Where: N. Roman and Deslonde Street at the Industrial Canal Levee, light refreshments/burgers
Contact: Andy Levin 504 701-0961
Workshop/Seminar with Stanley Green, Kadir van Lohuizen & Alan Chin
Exploit visual images, via a traveling mobile exhibition of large-scale mural photographs produced to document of Hurricane Katrina’s effects on Gulf Coast residents and the struggles they face to this day in re-establishing their lives.
When: Monday, August 30, 2010 – 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Where: Ashé Cultural Center; 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA
Contact: Viola T. Johnson; violatjohnson@gmail.com, (504) 813-9008 or (504) 569-9070
Service Project at the Audubon Zoo
When: Monday August 30, 2010
Where: Audubon Zoon- Magazine and River Rd., New Orleans, LA
Contact: Mayor’s Office at mayor@cityofno.com
Love Louisiana Gospel Concert
Free gospel concert, worship service and family event aimed to restore peace and prosperity to the people of the Gulf Coast. Headlining: Earnest Pugh; worship service led by: Bishop J.D. Wiley.
When: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6-10 pm
Where: Life Center Cathedral in Algiers, New Orleans
Service Project: Studio Renovation at Live Oaks Elementary School
When: Wednesday September 1, 2010
Care for Community: Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Warren Ballentine, Marc H. Morial & Rev. Al Sharpton. This event will honor Gulf Coast heroes including: Lenny Kravitz, Kimberly Roberts, Vincent Sylvain, Kevin Costner, Anderson Cooper, Spike Lee, Brad Pitt, David Banner, The Audubon Institutes "Storm Riders", Oliver Thomas, Bill Snape, Fishermen Scott Russell, Bradley Shivers and Mark Meade, Mr. George Rainey and Rev. Norman Brown. INVITE ONLY.
When: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Community Justice Parade
Sponsored by The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS) National Justice Coalition, Prodigal Child Project, TOPS, New Bottom Line, Drug Policy Alliance
When: Saturday, September 4th, 2010 -10am-2pm
Where: Assemble at Houston County Courthouse; Parade 10 Blocks to TOPS Empowerment Center (805 North Lena Street)
Contact: 334.671.2882 or topssociety@yahoo.com
Kare for Kids
Presented by MTV Sucker Free Sundays Hosted by Samson of BET News, the Navigation Foundation and Batiste Cultural Arts Program at Live Oak Elementary School. Event will assemble at-risk youth from all across Louisiana for a lifestyle intervention. Invited speakers include: Master P, Silkk the Shocker, Lil Romeo, Baby, T.I., reality star Toya.
When: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Where: Live Oak Elementary School Cost: Free Event. Registration required: www.thenavigationfoundation.org.
After Sept 4, 2010
Swimming Upstream
Healing work, written by 16 New Orleans women, Swimming Upstream is a powerful theatrical production that tells the raw and soulful stories of women who lived through the flood with grace, rage, and strength, and great resiliency, punctuated by a flair for storytelling, humor and music that comes from being a New Orleanian.
When: Friday, September 10, 2010
Where: Mahalia Jackson Theater, 801 North Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Contact: Viola T. Johnson; violatjohnson@gmail.com, (504) 813-9008
Peace is Power: Giant Puppet Parade
This parade, in celebration of the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21, 2010 is a community pledge to a non-violent environment for the youth of New Orleans.
When: Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010 - 2-5pm.
Contact: Ahmane' Glover, 504-565-3596(o), 912-272-9388(c); aglover@afsc.org
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana’s Black and White Martini Soiree
When: Friday, September 24th from 7-10pm, New Orleans
Where: TBD; more information at www.jjpl.org
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