NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, July 29, 2016.
Friday, Jul. 29 – Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy addresses Louisiana Municipal Association Convention prayer breakfast, Holiday Inn, 701 4th St., Alexandria, LA, 8:15 a.m.; hosts town hall meeting in Allen Parish, Oakdale City Hall Courtroom, 333 E. 6th St., Oakdale, LA, 1:30 p.m.; hosts town hall meeting in Evangeline Parish, Evangeline Parish Courthouse Jury Room, 200 Court St., Ville Platte, LA, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, Jul. 29 – Southern University System Board of Supervisors hold regular meeting, 9:00 a.m.
Location: J. S. Clark Administration Building, Southern University Campus, Baton Rouge, LA.
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Friday, Jul. 29 – Attorney General Loretta Lynch concludes visit to Baton Rouge, LA, today meeting law enforcement first responders alongside U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana J. Walter Green, First United Methodist Church, 930 N. Blvd., 9:00 a.m., participating in a community roundtable convened by the Department of Justice Community Relations Services, alongside U.S. Attorney Green, DoJ CRS Director Paul Monteiro, DoJ Civil Rights Division Head Vanita Gupta; and DoJ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Director Ron Davis, Russel B. Long Federal Courthouse, 777 Florida St. 10:45 a.m., and discussing her visit to Baton Rouge via media availability with U.S. Attorney Green, Russel B. Long Federal Courthouse, 777 Florida St., 1:30 p.m. Visit follows the July 17 fatal shooting of law enforcement officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald, and Brad Garafola, which occurred amid unrest following the police shooting of Alton Sterling two weeks earlier.
Friday, Jul. 29 – FestiGals New Orleans Women's Conference, 9:15 a.m. Key note address by Morgan Stanley Managing Director Carla Harris.
Location: JW Marriott New Orleans, 614 Canal St., New Orleans.
Friday, Jul. 29 – Sunday, Jul. 31 – Scleroderma Foundation and Tulane Lung Center host the National Patient Education Conference.
Location: Sheraton New Orleans, 500 Canal St., New Orleans.
THIS WEEKEND
Sunday, Jul. 31 – Thursday, Aug. 4 – 48th Annual National Meeting and Conference of the Union of Black Episcopalians, celebrating over 200 years of black leadership, with the theme 'Let the Church Say Amen: Reconciling Justice and Peace in our World Today'. Speakers include the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church Michael Curry.
Location: Hyatt Regency, New Orleans.