5:30pm Guests Arrive

6:00pm Ceremony

6:30pm Second Line

7:00pm Dinner & Drinks

7:30pm Cake & Dancing

10:30pm See ya later!

Learn more about the first nations of Louisiana and Washington and consider donating using some of the links below:

Jena Band of the Choctaw Nation (LA)

Choctaw Scholarship Fund (LA)

Houma Nation (LA)

Chitimacha Nation of LA

Tunica-Buloxi, Tribe of LA

Real Rent Duwamish (WA)

Search by your zip code or address to learn more about the Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life in your area with the Native Land Digital Map.

Learn more about the history of Black enslaved people in New Orleans and consider donating at the sites below:

Black Men of Labor support NOLA black youth through mentorship, music, and worksource resources.

The New Orleans Worker's Center for Racial Justice works to expand democracy and use strategic organizing to advance racial justice, immigrant rights, and a fair economy.

Peace by Piece creates Black-owned land cooperatives to provide food to the Black residents of Hollygrove. It supports Black youth through trauma healing, power analysis, and organizing tactics to bring about sustainable change.

Support Black-owned businesses throughout the state of Louisiana through the Urban League of Louisiana.

Today we recognize the original inhabitants and stewards of this land—land of the Choctaw, Houma, Chitimacha, Biloxi, and other Native peoples. Native peoples have lived on this land since time immemorial. With gratitude and honor, we acknowledge the Indigenous nations that have lived and continue to thrive here.

We also pause to recognize and acknowledge the labor upon which this city, state, and our country, and institutions are built. We remember that our country is built on the labor of enslaved people and recognize the continued contribution of their survivors.

We also acknowledge all immigrant labor, those who contributed to the building of this country and continue to serve within our labor force.

To the people who contributed this immeasurable work and their descendants, we acknowledge their indelible mark on the space in which we gather today and stand in solidarity with Native, Indigenous, and First Nations People, their sovereignty, cultural heritage, and lives.