A list of events from the Neighborhood Partnership Network to mark the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans…

Second Anniversary of Katrina:
Commemorative Events

WENDNESDAY, AUGUST 29th

MINISTERS UNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST
· Time: 7:30a.m. – 9:40a.m.
· Place: Loews Hotel
· Contact: Urban League of Greater New Orleans at 504-620-2332.
· Hosted By: Hosted by the National Urban League’s Marc H. Morial, President & CEO and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

HURRICANE KATRINA MEMORIAL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
· Time: 8:30 a.m.
· Place: Charity Hospital Cemetery, 5056 Canal St.
· Guests: Mayor Ray Nagin, Gen. Russel Honore, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, state Rep. Juan LaFonta, the Rev. Stephen John Thurston, president of the National Baptist Convention of America, and Irvin Mayfield Jr.

THE LOWER 9TH WARD COMMEMORATIVE
· Time: 9:00 a.m.
· Place: 1826 Tennessee St.
· Description: prayer vigil for Shanai Green and Joyce Green

LAKEVIEW MEMORIAL EVENT
· Time: 9:15a.m.
· Place: Intersection of Fleur de Lis and Old Hammond Hwy
· Contact: Alex Morgan @ 504.658.1014

KATRINA MEMORIAL SERVICES
· Time: 9:30a.m.
· Place: Desire St. at N. Prieur at Bunny Friend Park
· Hosted By: Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association

STORIES FROM THOSE ASSISTED BY NOFD DURING KATRINA
· Time: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
· Location: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street
· Description: THNOC and the New Orleans Fire Department will be collecting the oral histories of individuals who were aided by the NOFD during and immediately following Hurricane Katrina. The interviews will be part of the ongoing after-action study of the NOFD’s response during Katrina and will be used to improve planning and procedures. Once recorded, the oral histories will be housed within The Historic New Orleans Collection for the benefit of future generations.
· Contact: http://www.hnoc.org. or (504) 598-7171

CEREMONIAL BELL RINGING AND WREATH LAYING
· Time: 9:38 a.m
· Place: Katrina Memorial Site, Canal Street / City Park Cemetery @ Head of Canal Street
· Description: 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

THE LOWER 9TH WARD COMMEMORATIVE
· Time: 10 a.m.
· Place: The levee wall near North Roman and Jourdan Avenue
· Description: memorial and vigil

GREAT FLOOD COMMEMORATION MARCH
· Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
· Location: Beginning at the Industrial Canal in the Lower 9th Ward and ending in Congo Square.
· Sponsored By: People’s Hurricane Relief Fund

THE LOWER 9TH WARD COMMEMORATIVE
· Time: 10:30 a.m.
· Location: Lower 9th Ward to Congo Square
· Description: second-line procession

CELEBRATION OF THANKS: A CITIZEN’S KATRINA 2ND ANNIVERSARY EVENT
· Time: 10a.m. – noon
· Place: Washington Artillery Park (river-side of Decatur at Jackson Square)
· Hosted By: Citizens’ Road Home Action Team
· Contact: http://chat.thinknola.com
· Guests: Irma Thomas, Blaine Kern, Don Marshall, Melanie Ehrlich, Jimmy Delery, and more!

COMMEMORATION RALLY
· Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
· Location: Congo Square
· Sponsored By: People’s Hurricane Relief Fund.
· ORAL HISTORY DAY
· Time: 2:00 pm
· Location: The Boyd Cruise Room in the The Historic New Orleans Collection’s William Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
· Description: This collaborative, educational effort strives to collect the untold stories of New Orleans residents by chronicling and preserving photographs, videos, family histories, interviews and other artifacts in an accessible and public digital archive. The project receives additional support from George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media and an array of both local and national partners. The archive and website are being given to The Collection to ensure that the process of collecting continues
· Contact: : 504.523.4662
· Sponsored By: The Historic New Orleans Collection

8/29: A DAY OF PRESENCE
· Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
· Location: Convention Center, Outside of Hall A
· Description: An electrifying program declaring the people outcry for change to end the suffering will include international, national and local officials, celebrities, activists, and citizens.

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL ON KATRINA AND RITA
· Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
· Location: Pan American Conference Center, 601 Poydras Street, 11th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130
· Sponsored By: People’s Hurricane Relief Fund

CANDLELIGHT MARCH
· Time: 7:00 p.m.
· Location: From Canal Street and Convention Center Blvd. to Jackson Square for the vigil.
· Sponsored By: AALP

BYWATER AWARDS NIGHT
· Time: 7:00p.m.
· Location: Holy Angels Center, 3500 St. Claude Avenue
· Description: To honor individuals and organizations within Bywater who have made vital contributions to the well- being of the neighborhood and the City of New Orleans.
· Sponsored By: The Marianite Bywater Project
· Contact: Sr. Clarita Bourque at 947-2210

HURRICANE KATRINA OBSERVANCE INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE
· Time: 7:00 p.m., procession starts at 6:55 pm
· Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6249 Canal Blvd
· Description: Clergy from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and other faiths will come together to pray for the renewal of New Orleans and the restoration of its people.
· Contact: (504) 596.3023

2ND KATRINA ANNIVERSARY CITY-WIDE PRAYER RALLY
· Time: 7:00 p.m.
· Location: First Baptist Church, 5290 Canal Blvd.
· Guest speaker: Rev. Will Graham

FLEEING KATRINA-INSPIRING JOURNEYS OF SURVIVAL
· Time: 7:30 p.m.
· Location: Westwego Performing Arts Theatre, 177A Sala Ave., Westwego, LA
· Description: Fleeing Katrina -Inspiring Journeys of Survival is a monologue play based on factual evacuation experiences and reminds us that along with the wreckage and harsh realities the storm left behind there is also hope and humanity to be salvaged.
· Contacts: Phone: (504)885-2000 or http://www.jpas.org

NEW ORLEANS PREMIERE OF KAMP KATRINA
· Time: 8:15p.m.
· Location: Fair Grinds, 3133 Ponce de Leon
· Description: This documentary features Ms. Pearl – a New Orleans native, who converts her backyard into a tent city where 14 displaced people live for 6 months. She provides construction jobs and basic resources to help them assist in rebuilding the city. The situation gradually goes violently awry and she is confronted with an array of abuses amidst a broken city. As personal problems are exacerbated by the absence of basic infrastructure, Ms. Pearl is forced to wear as many hats as she does costumes. The film has won several awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

SOUTHERN DECADENCE
· Location: French Quarter
· Contact: Phone: (504) 522-8049 or http://www.southerndecadence.net
· Description: End-of-summer gay pride celebration held every Labor Day weekend. Loads of events including the Southern Decadence Parade, dance spectaculars and drag shows.

Second Anniversary of Katrina:
Commemorative Events

Thursday, August 30th – Saturday, September 1st

Thursday, August 30th
KATRINA LECTURE SERIES
· Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
· Location: Dillard University, Cook Theatre
· Description: A Lecture series that raises questions that situates Katrina in the broader context of the historic struggle for Black liberation and human justice.

Friday, August 31st
NATIONAL DIALOGUE
· Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
· Panel I: 6:00 pm – 7:20 pm “State of the Recovery” a conversation with Dr. Ed Blakely and alternative/community media.
· Panel II: 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
· Location:
· Description: A two part panel that examines the “State of the Recovery” and disaster readiness and rebuilding of Cities as new national priorities.

Saturday, September 1st
“HANDS AROUND THE DOME CEREMONY”
· Time: 12:30-4:00p.m.
· Location: Superdome
· Sponsored By: AALP
· Contact: Mrs. Gail Glapion, or the Project Manager, Mtangulizi Sanyika at 713-376-3364, e-mail: wazuri@aol.com