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Cherice Harrison Has a New House!

“May this home be blessed with love, warmth, happiness, laughter, friendship and peace.”

Please honor me with the gift of your presence at my traditional West African, Christian, Mardi Gras Indian house blessing.

Saturday, June 21, 2007 – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

1941 Alvar St.
New Orleans, Louisiana

The ceremony begins at the Harrison compound at 3632 N. Johnson St.

Participants are asked to wear white (if you choose) and bring percussion instruments.

23rd Annual Back to School Picnic

Saturday, September 1, 2007 – Noon to 6 p.m.

Free school supplies, food, drinks, games and health screenings

1600 N. Robertson (between St. Bernard and Annette)

For more information or donations contact Sylvester Francis at the

Backstreet Cultural Museum
1116 St. Claude Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-522-4806

Quotes from a 7/20/07 New York Times article about formaldehyde-laden FEMA trailers provided to evacuees :

“We were not formaldehyde experts.”

- R. David Paulison. FEMA Adminstrator.

“Do not initiate any testing until we give the O.K. Once you get results the clock starts running on our duty to respond to them.”

- Unnamed FEMA lawyer sent this e-mail in response to concerns expressed by field staff about toxic levels of formaldehyde reported in FEMA trailers.

“What we have is indifference to the suffering of people who are already suffering because of Hurricane Katrina (note: actually the federal levee failures), and this from an agency that’s supposed to serve the public.”

- Represenative Henry A. Waxman, D- California