Good Morning. I hope that you are enjoying this weekend, fully vaccinated and boosted, with family and friends. That new booster shot has been approvedsoon..be sure to get it.
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ESSENCE
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The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is, in fact, a heroic one. Except the only saviors are ourselves.The memories, emotions and realities evoked by Katrina are our proof of life. We remember, although some recollections we’d rather forget. We feel, although it pains us. We take up space in this new reality because we must. We are what has remained constant, when everything around us has changed and tried to change us.
Despite devastation, removal and extraction, we continue to seize our right to be here. Come Sunday, we are pounding concrete in neighborhoods we have been priced out of; and in Congo Square, drumming in a very different Tremé. By Monday we have red beans cooking on the stove, as we have done for centuries. Throughout the week we show up as artists, educators, elders, youth, adults, chefs.
We are still up at dawn on Mardi Gras morning and out at dusk for St. Joseph’s Night. We call redeveloped housing developments by their pre-Katrina names and still rep the neighborhoods where we were raised, no matter where we may now be.
Our May/June issue is a love letter and tribute to the city of New Orleans, honoring the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Read the cover story here: https://essence.com/cover-stories/new-orleans-learned-to-fly/
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊