New Orleans, two years since the horrors of Katrina, need a lot of hope.  Some call it faith.  As a result, African American leaders from around the country have been to join the National Urban League and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation as they remember those who have lost their lives as well as those who continue to rebuild after the tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Reflective Testimony

Individuals invited to join us for reflective testimonies include;

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network; Bishop J.D. Wiley, Pastor, LIFE Center Full Gospel; Rev. Dr. Robert Franklin, President of Morehouse College; Ted Shaw, NAACP LDF President and Director-Counsel; Pastor Connie M. Thomas, Mt. Zion UMC; Rev. Dr. Iyanla Vanzant, Founder, Institute for Spiritual Development; Bishop Dianna Tarra Williams, General Secretary, Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation, Lafayette, LA; Chief Brenda Robichaux, Principal Chief for the Houma Nation, Golden Meadow, LA; Sister Arrianne Thomas, Gospel Singer; Sister Debra Winan, Gospel Singer; Attorney Danatus King, President, NAACP New Orleans; Minister Willie Muhammad, Mosque #46, Representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan; Rev. Dr. Martha Orphe, Executive Director, LA UMC Mission Zone; Deacon Terrell Broussard, St Maria Goretti Catholic Church; Rev. J. C. Profit, Pastor, Strong Hope MBC; Sister Deborah Robinson, Co- Convener Mississippi CBCP; Rev. Marie Galatas, President, New Creation Christian Church; Dr. Jimmie James, Chair, Department of Music, Jackson State University; Mr. Nolan Rollins, Pres. GNO Urban League; Ms. Susan Mayo; Louella Givens, Board of Elementary & Secondary Education, Louisiana, and others.

* At 9:38 a.m. -- the approximate time the eastern wall of the 17th Street Canal breached -- Katrina bells will toll for two minutes in honor of those dead and still suffering.

National Urban League

Guest Clergy

Bishop Paul S. Morton / Bishop Diana Taara Williams / Rev. Tom Watson / Rev. John C. Rafael / Rev. Simmie Lee Harvey / Rev. J.C. Profit, Jr. / Rev. James Parnell / Rev. Melvin Jones, / Rev. Donald R. Berryhill / Rev. Louis W. Smith / Rev. Lloyd Johnson / Rev. John Russ / Rev. Uyless Landry / Rev. Herman Brown / Rev. Dr. Norwood Thompson, Jr. / Reverend Lois J. DeJean / Rev. Theonette Haqq / Rev. Lee Franklin / Rev. James E. Tucker / Rev. Dr. Courtney Cowart / Rev. Darryl K. Smith / Elder R.L. Palmer, Jr. / Rev. Walter Jones / Rev. Kemp Johnson / Rev. Thomas Glover, Jr. / Rev. Andrew Darby / Rev. John Henderson / Rev. Wilfred Brown, Jr. / Rev. Gary Lee Curtis / Rev. William Coleman / Rev. Louis W. Smith / Rev. Jermaine Landrum / Rev. Joseph Jackson / Rev. Willie Sutton, Sr. / Rev. Raymond Brown / Rev. Walter Hardy, Jr. / Rev. Darrick Johnson / Rev. Carl Williams / Rev. James Casimier / Rev. Cornelius Tilton / Rev. Wilfret MiKee / Rev. C.S. Gordon Jr. / Rev. John L. C. Mosley. Sr. / Rev. Maurice Riley / Rev. David Bates Jr. / Bishop O. C. Coleman / Rev..Ernest W. Dison, Sr. / Rev. Tori Sanders / Rev. Deborah Davenport / Rev. Raymond Hunter / Rev. Sam Johnson / Rev. Melvin Jones / Rev. Johnny Jones Jr. / Rev. Michael E. Banks / Robin D. Barber, ARC Liason / Rev. Leroy Taylor / Rev. Frank A. Davis / Rev. John Pierre / Rev. Charles E. Garrision / Rev. Richard Edwards Jr. / Rev. Louis Adams / Rev. Nathaniel Gaines / Rev. Climon J. Smith / Rev. Hall Kelly / Rev. Dr. Louis W. Smith / Rev. Reynaldo King I / Rev. Mtangulizi Sanyika / Rev. Willie Gable, Jr. / Rev. Eric J. Jones

Rev. Dr. Judith C. Moore, Pastor, First A.M.E. Church, Clairton, PA / Rev. Marcia Dyson, Ordained Minister, Washington, D.C. / Rev. Sheila Evans-Tranumn, Associate Commissioner of Education, NY / Rev. Sheilia Evans- Tranumn, Associate Commissioner, Office of New York City Schools and Community Services / Tronn Moller, National Council of Churches, Gulf Coast Consultant

The Unity Breakfast is being held in remembrance of the storm which killed nearly 1,500 people, left more than 250,000 homeless and displaced tens of thousands, many who remain in exile from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area.

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

The seating is limited, so contact Vincent@sylvainsolutions to participate.