16th anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina
16th Annual Katrina March and Second Line
October 10th, 2021
12:00 PM CST
North Gálvez St & Jourdan Ave
New Orleans
October 10th, 2021
12:00 PM CST
North Gálvez St & Jourdan Ave
New Orleans
Celebrate our Resiliency. Demand Justice.
August 29th was the 16-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We remember, we continue to demand justice, and will continue to demand justice until it is achieved.
16 Years of Commemoration and Advocacy
When Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast 16 years ago, Black people and poor people were left to die in the richest country in the world. Each year on the anniversary we commemorate our loved ones we lost, celebrate our resiliency, and demand justice and a just future.
Annual Katrina March and Second Line
Program
Sunday, October 10, 2021
12:00 PM CST
Healing Ceremony: Lower 9th Ward @ North Gálvez St. & Jourdan Ave.
Against the backdrop of where the levees broke in the lower 9th Ward, we hold a healing ceremony. Community members gather for a multi-faith prayer and a reading of the names of those who died during Hurricane Katrina.
12:30 PM CST
March & Secondline: Find map of route below
When the healing ceremony concludes we start the march in a solemn spirt. As the march grows in numbers, spirits are lifted. Half-way through the march a brass band joins and we transition from somber to celebratory remembrance and commemoration in true New Orleans fashion. We secondline the rest of the march to Hunter’s Field.
1:30 - 6:00 PM CST
Rally: Hunter’s Field @ N Claiborne Ave. & St Bernard Ave.
Directions
Healing Ceremony
Lower 9th Ward
North Gálvez St. & Jourdan Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
Rally
Hunter’s Field
N Claiborne Ave. & St Bernard Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70116
The Route
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As part of the continuum of Black struggle for justice in this country, Hurricane Katrina was the first major event of the 21st century that laid bare our struggle, which began 401 years ago when the first enslaved Africans were brought to our country.
In recognition of the 16th anniversary of Katrina, we are releasing a list of demands for justice.
- Divest from fossil fuels and petrochemicals, and invest in climate solutions that save our communities. Otherwise we will only see more disasters such as Katrina in the Gulf Coast, throughout our country, and around the world.
- Defund police, invest in community programs of social uplift
- Invest in education, health, housing, and Black businesses
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