Louisiana

See Juneteenth '98

New Orleans

June 5 (Thursday) - The African American Male Institute City Hall Press Conference - 10:00 AM.
Following the Press Conference there will be a reception at the House of Blues - 11:00 AM - 1:00 AM. Music by John Mosley and Friends.

June 6 (Friday) - Lunch Break Concert at Duncan Plaza - 12:00 - 2:00 PM - across from City Hall.

Westbank Explosion!

June 8 (Sunday) - Church Celebration - 2nd Zion Baptist Church. 6520 Linda St. Marrero, LA. Rev James N. Brown Pastor - 9:00 AM

June 14 (Saturday) - Westbank 5K Freedom Run & Walk from John Mc Donogh Park 1500, Teche Street, Algiers LA. - 8:00 AM
Great Expectations sponsors the Healing Circles - all male and all female discussion groups concerning manhood and womanhood development - 9:00AM, John Mc Donogh Park 1500, Teche Street, Algiers LA.
Westbank Freedom Parade - 12 noon. General DeGaulle Drive & Whitney Avenue. "In the Park" celebration at John Mc Donogh Park - 2PM - 10 PM - Featuring "Lenny Williams"

June 15 (Sunday) - Church Celebration - Greater St. Mary's Baptist Church, 1533 Horace Street, Algiers, LA. Rev James N. Brown Pastor. Guest Speaker: Rev Norwood Thompson, Jr. Pastor First Zion Baptist Church - 1:00 PM

June 18 - 19 "Juneteenth in D. C." TENTATIVE: Join us in Washington D.C. - We are hoping for Bill Clinton to sign off on a bill that has already passed through the Congress declaring June 19th as African Americans' Day of Independence. This bill is the results of the efforts of the National Association of Juneteenth Lineage (NAJL). The Host Hotel in DC is the Embassy Suites. (Contact Mr. Darrius Gray - 703 979-9799).

Eastbank Explosion!

June 21(Saturday) - 5K Freedum Run & Walk from Louis Armstrong Park - 8:00AM.
Great Expectations
sponsors the Healing Circles - all male and all female discussion groups concerning manhood and womanhood development - 9:00AM, Louis Armstrong Park, 600 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA.
Eastbank Freedom Parade - 12 noon.
Martin Luther King Jr. Blved. & South Claiborne Avenue. "In the Park" celebration at Louis Armstrong Park, 600 N. Rampart Street. 2PM - 10PM.

June 22 (Sunday) - Church Celebration - Progressive Baptist Church, 1214 South Robinson Street. Rev Willie Gable Pastor, Guest Speaker: Rev Dr. Donald V. Myers, Sr. M.D. of the Myers Foundation, Inc. from Tchula, Mississippi. - 4:00 PM


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