Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, expects thousands to march into New Orleans' 9th Ward demanding the right of displaced residents to help rebuild their homes.

“The 9th Ward and other New Orleans communities are still barren nearly two years later. This is a major trip to reclaim our land and release the money,” Rev. Jackson said. “The people killed in New York had a victims’ relief fund. For New Orleanians in exile, $4.2 billion to assist homeowners went from Washington, D. C. to Baton Rouge, but not to New Orleans. Release the money.”

In his statement, Rev. Jackson has not stated the reasons for the delay in circulating the money or what remedies are available for the New Orleans natives in exile.

Jackson notes that more than 250,000 New Orleans residents are in exile 18 months after Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing flood that ravaged entire neighborhoods whose residents are unable to return home.

In its press release, Jackson notes that The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and several other national organizations marched a year ago to protest the “illegal municipal election”.  Ultimately, Jackson helped elect Mayor C. Ray Nagin.

“It’s time to march again,” Rev. Jackson said.

According to the New Orleans Agenda, among those who are expected to attend the march are Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. / Marc Morial / Julian Bond / Charles Steele / Congressional Black Caucus / Sibal Holt / Hon. Cleo Fields / Hon. Diana E. Bajoie / Bishop Daryl Brister / Rev. Willie Gable, Jr. / Rev. S.L. Harvey / Bishop George Hennings / Bishop Paul S. Morton / Bishop JD Wiley / Muriel Lewis / Public Housing City- Wide Tenant Association / Rev. Al Sharpton / William Lucy / Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee / Hon. William Jefferson / Hon. Charmaine Marchand / Melanie Campbell / Rev. Harry Blake / Rev. Dr. Major Jemison / Ricky Smiley / Frank Ski / Hon. Cynthia Willard-Lewis / ACORN / Louisiana UNITY Coalition / AALP / Common Ground / Deep South Center for Environmental Justice