Thanks to the organizers who put on a splendid afternoon of informational displays, booths, tours of a green building with sustainable features that houses artists studios as well as the Alliance for Affordable Energy, and a permaculture garden. Highlight of the day was a rousing speech by John Edwards, who then joined in a joyous brass-band led second line to the Superdome, where all of the Red tshirt clad participants spelled out the words No New Coal and were photographed from above from a helicopter.

Local activists and political figures organized a very New Orleans Step It Up! Representatives of the local organizing organizations spoke about Global Warming and the attempt to switch gas-fired electric plants to coal- Aaron viles of Gulf Restoration Network and John Atkeison (organized Delaware for Step It Up 1) of the Alliance for Affordable Energy.
City Counclmember Shelly Midura spoke and introduced John Edwards. (Midura is the chair of the Utility committee of City Council, which is the utility regulatory body for New Orleans.)
John Edwards spoke well about Global Warming as the challenge of our generation.
The very, very New Orleans SecondLine Parade led led by Da Truth brass band strutted to the Superdome to spell out "No New Coal" for the arial photographer.
A good time was had by all.

No New Coal! at the Superdome!

Here's video of Presidential Candidate John Edwards at this event, courtesy of Karen Dalton at Huffington Post:

We are very proud of how our event turned out. Attendance was great. We gave away all of our 200 red "Save New Orleans! Stop Global Warming" t-shirts. Our sponsors all had an opportunity to meet new members.

We served gumbo, BBQ, and Abita beer for our guests. We want to especially thank our friends, the excellent band "Country Fried" for playing our event. Check out their website at http://www.countryfried.net.

The speakers, Aaron Viles with the Gulf Restoration Network, John Atkeisen of the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Kenye Smith from the Mayors office, Councilwoman Shelly Midura, State Rep Candidate Deborah Langhoff, and of course Senator John Edwards were very impressive. Senator Edwards spoke about how to curb global warming pollution without hurting our environment or economy by cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050, more green collar jobs, NO NEW COAL, and added that nuclear is not an option.

We want to sincerely thank our sponsors for this event including:
Gulf Restoration Network
Alliance For Affordable Energy
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
Sierra Club Delta Chapter
New Orleans Group of the Sierra Club
Global Green
National Peace Corps Association
Tulane Xavier Center for Bio-Environmental Research
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
St Bernard Citizens for Environmental Quality
LIC

Here are some more images from the second line parade!

Some More Pictures of John Edwards!

Check out some more great photos!