Gulf Coast Proposed Agenda

July 31, 2006   

African American Leadership Commission

Raise Up Drowning on Dry Land/Connecting Covenant Visit

Agenda

Tuesday, August 15      Day 1        New Orleans  

Hotel Arrival by 3 pm / Check In Le Pavilion Hotel

4:00 – 5:30 pm   Dinner - Hotel

Pastor Harrison

5: 45pm – 7:45   Evening Session

5:45   Introductions/What motivates site visit of New Orleans/Gulf Coast?  Expectations?

6:05    New Orleans Pastors Connect with AALC _  

6:45   Q &A

7:00   Framing the “ Raise Up Drowning on Dry Land/Connecting Covenant Visit”

7:10   Lay of the Land: Analysis of the Gulf Coast Region_ Where we are & where we are going    

7:20   What we intend to accomplish/ Assignments/commitments

7:35   Evening Song & Prayer

Evaluation

Wednesday, August 16      Day 2           New Orleans

8:00- 9:15    Breakfast -   Hotel   

Morning Prayer & Song

9:30 am _   Depart on Bus ( 30 min travel)

New Orleans Clergy Connecting/ travel with AALC 

10:00    Visit Ninth Ward_ Connecting on the Ground with Heart of the destruction and devastation

View where Levees broke

Connecting with Katrina/ Rita Survivors/Pastors, Churches and Local neighborhoods

11-11:30 Press Conference/ Prayer

11:30_ 12:30pm _ Site Visit _ New Orleans Hospitals &   

Continue connecting with New Orleans pastors/ Churches

1:00 -2:00 Lunch   On your own

2:30 – 3:30     Connecting  Don Bouttee, Policy Link

4: 00   Return Back to Hotel

5:00 pm – 6:15 Unity Reception _ Gamaliel / AALC; ACORN; PECO; NARO @ Le Pavilion     

6:30- 7:30      Dinner     

7:30 – 8:30    Decompress / Next day’s Agenda /Evaluations

Thursday, August 17         Day 3        Biloxi, Miss

8:30 am -9:30am   Breakfast  -  Hotel

Reflections on Theme _ 10 min

9:45   Depart on Bus New Orleans to Biloxi, Miss   (1 ½ hr)   

 Prayer & Song 

 Guided Discussions on 

11:30 pm _ 1:00 Connecting/Visit of Churches/ Relief Stations for Katrina Survivors

East Biloxi, Pastors _ Prayer Vigil

1:30 - Lunch on your own 

3:00 -4:30 Connecting with Public Officials_ Councilman Stalworth who is attempting to rebuild 4000 homes in East Biloxi, Miss before building codes change/making rebuilding more difficult.

4:30- 6:00pm   Return Back to Hotel ( 1 ½ hr)

Debrief Day/ Next day’s Agenda /Evaluation on Bus

6:15- 7:15       Dinner/ Prayer -   Hotel

Free Evening/R & R

Friday, August 18        Day 4        St Bernard’s Parish & Baton Rouge

8:30 am -9:30am   Breakfast    - Hotel

Reflections on Theme _ 10min

9:45 Depart Hotel   (45 min)

Prayer & Song

10: 30-_11:30   Connecting with St Bernard’s Parish clergy/ Churches  /Prayer Vigil

11:30 Travel to Baton Rouge

Travel time (1 ½ Hours) Guided Discussion_Connect the Dots between Poverty and Prosperity 

1:00_ 2:30 pm Lunch / Connecting Baton Rouge Pastors & Churches/

Relief Stations for Katrina Survivors   _ Prayer Vigil

2:30- 3:30 Connecting with Pastors/Churches that provided shelter to survivors of Katrina/Rita_ 

Relocation Communities

3:30 – 4:30   Connecting with Public Officials/ Policy  _ planners

4:30- 6:00pm Travel Back to Hotel   (One- ones) 

6:15- 7:15   Dinner _ Hotel   

Closing Message

7:15 – 8:30   Wrap Up

Commitments for Work Back Home

Schedule Katrina/Rita/ Connecting Covenant Sundays on August 20 or August 27  

Closing Song & Prayer

Evaluation  (Written Evaluations completed)

Saturday, August 19        Day 5   _   Gulf Coast Visit Ends

Breakfast on Your on Your Own 

11:00 am Check out Hotel _ New Orleans Airport

May God Bless Us In Our Travels.