Police cars, ambulances, and a fire truck lined a parking lot with yellow caution tape for a unique demonstration in downtown Houma on Saturday.
Lawrence Levy’s The Funeral is Canceled is a live dramatization of the consequences of gun violence, drug abuse and gang involvement in the Black community. Levy and his crew travel around the United States to perform their message.
“We are not here to entertain we are here to minister,” said Levy, a Lafayette native.
NAACP President Jerome Boykin, Christina Smith and Carlee Harding have all come together to sponsor the event. Around 150 people showed up with around 45 people watching on Facebook live during the two-hour event.
Two days after the Lafourche Parish Council announced that the Mardi Gras parades in Thibodaux were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Terrebonne Parish Council decided not to decide the fate of its Carnival celebration Wednesday night.
The issue was placed on the agenda prior to the meeting by councilmember Gerald Michel, but was tabled for the next meeting because Terrebonne Sheriff Tim Soignet had another function to attend.
The issue will be taken up in a week, at the council s scheduled meeting on Dec. 16, its last of the 2020 calendar year.
Soignet said the current spike in cases isn’t looking promising for Mardi Gras 2021, but the decision on whether parades will roll in Terrebonne in 2021 will be made after the first of the year,