Saturday, July 7, 2007
Join Us for Remembrance & Renewal at the 2007 New Orleans MAAFA Ceremony
The International Middle Passage Remembrance Day Ceremony
CONGO SQUARE IN LOUIS ARMSTRONG PARK
SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2007
Starting at 6:30 a.m. (Sunrise)
Ending at 9:00 a.m. in Woldenberg Riverfront Park
MAAFA ATTENDEES ARE ASKED TO WEAR WHITE
The New Orleans Community Maafa Remembrance & Renewal Committee invites the public to the 7th annual community-wide commemoration honoring the memory of the millions of African people and their descendants who suffered and perished during the period of African capture and enslavement in the Americans over 500 years ago.
The 2007 Maafa Commemoration Ceremony will start at Congo Square in Armstrong Park on Saturday, July 7 at 6:30 a.m. (promptly at sunrise) and end at 9:00 a.m. in Woldenberg Riverfront Park. Community activists, spiritual leaders, artists and visitors to our city will lead a musical procession through the French Quarter to John Scott's "Ocean Song" sculpture in Woldenberg Park, where libations, prayers, and creative expressions will be offered in honor of the ancestors.
Following the Maafa ceremony at 10:00 a.m., there will be a breakfast gathering at Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (Central City, New Orleans). Fellowship and entertainment will be offered.
The New Orleans Maafa Remembrance & Renewal Committee is convened by Ashé Cultural Arts Center in partnership with the Congo Square Foundation.
Other partners and sponsors include: The Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Christian Unity Baptist Church, The institute of Black Catholic Studies, the Twomey Center for Justice Through Peace, The National Coalition for Blacks in America (NCOBRA), European Dissent, YICI Productions, Ausar Auset Society, the Buddhist Community, the Muslim Community, and a host of volunteers, donors, and sponsors.
For more information call (504) 569-9070.
CONGO SQUARE IN LOUIS ARMSTRONG PARK
SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2007
Starting at 6:30 a.m. (Sunrise)
Ending at 9:00 a.m. in Woldenberg Riverfront Park
MAAFA ATTENDEES ARE ASKED TO WEAR WHITE
The New Orleans Community Maafa Remembrance & Renewal Committee invites the public to the 7th annual community-wide commemoration honoring the memory of the millions of African people and their descendants who suffered and perished during the period of African capture and enslavement in the Americans over 500 years ago.
The 2007 Maafa Commemoration Ceremony will start at Congo Square in Armstrong Park on Saturday, July 7 at 6:30 a.m. (promptly at sunrise) and end at 9:00 a.m. in Woldenberg Riverfront Park. Community activists, spiritual leaders, artists and visitors to our city will lead a musical procession through the French Quarter to John Scott's "Ocean Song" sculpture in Woldenberg Park, where libations, prayers, and creative expressions will be offered in honor of the ancestors.
Following the Maafa ceremony at 10:00 a.m., there will be a breakfast gathering at Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (Central City, New Orleans). Fellowship and entertainment will be offered.
The New Orleans Maafa Remembrance & Renewal Committee is convened by Ashé Cultural Arts Center in partnership with the Congo Square Foundation.
Other partners and sponsors include: The Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Christian Unity Baptist Church, The institute of Black Catholic Studies, the Twomey Center for Justice Through Peace, The National Coalition for Blacks in America (NCOBRA), European Dissent, YICI Productions, Ausar Auset Society, the Buddhist Community, the Muslim Community, and a host of volunteers, donors, and sponsors.
For more information call (504) 569-9070.
