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Historic African-American New Orleans Church Reopened After
Weeks Of Protests & Rectory Sit-In
New Orleans Residents and Evacuees Blast State of Schools,
Housing, Jobs at Mayoral Forum
"Poor People, Disabled People, People of Color Are Not
Welcomed Back to New Orleans" - Activists Paint Grim
Picture of Struggling City
Historic African-American New Orleans Church Reopened
After Weeks Of Protests & Rectory Sit-In
Historic St. Augustine Parish in New Orleans was reopened
and its church re-consecrated Saturday after weeks of protests
and a rectory sit -in that lasted 19 days. St. Augustine,
founded in 1841 by slaves and free people of color, is one
of the nation's oldest black parishes. [includes rush
transcript]
We begin today's Democracy Now! special from New Orleans
at the St. Augustine Church - the nation's oldest African-American
parish. The church was founded in 1841 by slaves and free
African-Americans. Over the past three weeks, parishioners
have been struggling to keep the church open. On Sunday, Archbishop
Alfred Hughes of New Orleans said mass and issued an unusual
apology.
- Report from New Orleans on St. Augustine Parish
New Orleans Residents and Evacuees Blast State of
Schools, Housing, Jobs at Mayoral Forum
The religious organization Jeremiah Group hosted a mayoral
forum at the Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans on Saturday.
At the event, a number of the city's residents and evacuees
posed questions and expressed concerns about the direction
of the city on issues ranging from schools to housing to jobs.
[includes rush
transcript]
Here in New Orleans voters are preparing to head to the
polls on April 22nd to pick the next mayor. On Sunday satellite
voting booths opened across the state, but efforts to set
up out-of-state satellite sites have been blocked. Voting
rights activists fear tens of thousands of evacuees will be
prevented from taking part in what some have described as
the city's most important mayoral election ever.
On Saturday the religious organization Jeremiah Group hosted
a mayoral forum at the Trinity Episcopal Church. A number
of residents and evacuees posed questions and expressed concerns
about the direction of the city on issues ranging from schools
to housing to jobs. More interesting than the mayoral candidates
responses were the introductory comments by the residents.
- New Orleans mayoral forum
"Poor People, Disabled People, People of Color
Are Not Welcomed Back to New Orleans" - Activists Paint
Grim Picture of Struggling City
We speak with two activists about the current state of New
Orleans: Bill Quigley is a law professor at Loyola University
and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty
Law Center at Loyola and Tracie Washington, the director of
the NAACP Gulf Coast Advocacy Center. [includes rush
transcript]
- Bill Quigley, law professor at Loyola University in New
Orleans. He is also the director of the Law Clinic and the
Gillis Long Poverty
Law Center at Loyola.
- Tracie Washington, director of the NAACP Gulf Coast Advocacy
Center.
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
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