Sat, Aug. 29: Announcing: Katrina Program in New York City

Dear Fellow Katrina-Rita Survivors, Friends and Community Members,

We are excited about our upcoming Katrina Anniversary Program! We hope you will join us and our allies for this program to honor our volunteers, reflect on on our positive change and progress, and share in fellowship with those that have made this possible.

_Katrina Remembrance
Saturday, August 29, 2009
4pm -8pm
Katrina Anniversary Sponsored by *New York Katrina-Rita Survivors
Assembly and New York Coalition in Solidarity with Katrina-Rita Survivors

Location: The Solidarity Center, 55 west 17th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10011 (bet. 5th and 6th Avenue)

Please email: nykrsurvivors@gmail.com to confirm your attendance by Tuesday, August 25th.

For more information, telephone: Ivy Parker, 212-928-5457 or Jennifer Jones, 646-377-4172.

Your confirmation will assist us in knowing know how much food to prepare for the event.

We appreciate your forwarding this invite along to your fellow Katrina-Rita Survivors, friends, and supporters.

Featuring:

Poetry, dance, song, film, and a word from distinguished guests such as Attorney Damon Hewitt (on leave of absence from the /NAACP Legal Defense Fund/to serve as Executive Director of New York Governor David Patterson’s Task Force on Police-on-Police Shootings) and Bill Quigley (Human Rights Lawyer on leave from Loyola University now serving as legal director for the /Center for Constitutional Rights/) who will be giving us a report of the current state of affairs in the New Orleans Area and throughout The Diaspora.

There is a $10.00 donation, at the door, /request/ to help cover the expenses of putting on this event (i.e., food, beverages, decorations, etc.) The space is donated by The Solidarity Center.

Our distinguished guests will be donating their time, travel expenses, and devoted energy. Looking forward to seeing you,

Harold Toussaint, education & media, nykatrina-rita survivors assembly (narrator, chapter 8: Overcoming Katrina) http://us.macmillan.com/overcomingkatrina