Senator Mary Landrieu 
Hale
Boggs Federal Building 
500 Poydras Street
 Room 1005

New Orleans, LA 70130
President Bush The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, DC 20500
Hillary Clinton Hillary
Clinton for President Committee

1717 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1001

Washington, D.C. 20036
PHONE
(202) 263-0180
FAX (202) 263-0181

Barack Obama
Obama for America

P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680

PHONE (866) 675-2008

http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/contact
I chose these public figures because I believe that President [...]

Louisiana Department of Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
President George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Mayor C. Ray Nagin
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, LA 70112
Dr. Norman C. Francis
1 Drexel Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70125
To Whom It May Concern:
Hi, my name is Kirsten Chambers. I am a student at Xavier [...]

My four people are going to be:
1) An Xavier Administrator: Kristina M Wilcox
(Program Assistant, Community Programs)
1 Drexel Drive New Orleans, La. 70125
2) A Church Official like Deaconess (To actually implement):
Deaconess Williams
New Orleans Baptist Church
2319 3rd Street, New Orleans, La. 70113
3) The Church Reverend (to approve): Fredrick Clark
(Assistant to Pastor)
2319 3rd Street, New Orleans, La. 70113
4) School Official (like guidance [...]

U. S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu
724 Hart Senate Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Louisiana Senator- District 18
Jody Amedee
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 94183
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Congressman Charlie Melancon
404 Cannon House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515-1807
RAP-IT-UP
One BET Plaza
1235 W Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20018
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Kelly Davis. I am currently a freshman [...]

The academic discipline of biblical studies has historically been pretty Eurocentric.This powerful critical method is most often called African American criticism, though the name is like totally not perfect. That is, you don’t have to be an African American to utilize this critical method.This critical method focuses on how authors of the Bible portrayed Africa [...]

President George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush,
I am a student at Xavier University in New Orleans and I am writing to you in regards to gun violence. My theology teacher has asked his students to pick a problem in America today and to try to fix it, to “change the [...]

Blog copies of these letters and why you thought these four were best suited to help change the problem. Later blog the responses you get. How is African American criticism a useful tool to Bible scholars?
Mayor Ray C. Nagin,
I am a student at Xavier University of New Orleans. As a [...]

Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Mayor of New Orleans
Mayor’s Office
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, La 70112
Mary Landrieu
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton for President Committee
1717 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20036
PHONE (202) 263-0180
FAX (202) 263-0181
Barack Obama
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
PHONE (866) 675-2008
http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/contact
Every year thousands of applications pass through the doors of college [...]

My letter:
BET Networks
1235 W Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20018-1211
202-608-2000
To whom it may concern:
My name is Valencia Johnson and I am a Biology major at Xavier University [...]

Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Mayor of New Orleans
Mayor’s Office
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, La 70112
Dear Mayor C. Ray Nagin,
My name is Peter Pham and I am currently a sophomore at Xavier University. I am writing this letter to you because of the assignment my professor assigned to the class. The assignment is to [...]

Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Mayor of New Orleans
Mayor’s Office
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, La 70112
Senator Mary Landrieu
712 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
President Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Bobby Jindal
21454 Koop Drive
Suite 1-E
Mandeville, LA 70471
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton for President Committee
1717 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20036
Barack Obama
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680

The persons that I sent letters to are:
Rev. David L. Roberson, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Dr. Norman Francis, President of Xavier University
Delores Winfield, Acting Principal of Benjamin Franklin High School
New Orleans Public Schools School Board
Dr. Michael Horn, Principal of Southfield Public Schools
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Samantha Hicks and I am a transfer [...]

Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Mayor of New Orleans
Mayor’s Office
1300 Perdido, Room 2E04
New Orleans, La 70112
Dear Mayor C. Ray Nagin,
My name is Eboni Kaglear. I am a first-year student at Xavier University of Louisiana here in New Orleans. I am a Chemistry/Pre-Pharmacy major working towards earning my Pharm.D. degree so that I can go into a career [...]

Senator Mary Landrieu
712 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
Senator David Vitter
516 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
President Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Bobby Jindal
21454 Koop Drive
Suite 1-E
Mandeville, LA 70471
My first two letters were addressed to our state senators. At first I wasn’t sure what to write in this letter since I am [...]

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton for President Committee
1717 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20036
PHONE (202) 263-0180
FAX (202) 263-0181
Barack Obama
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
PHONE (866) 675-2008
http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/contact
Mary Landrieu
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
New Orleans, LA 70130
Subject: Raise Teachers, Police Officers and Firefighters Pay!
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Alayne Lawrence. I am a student [...]

Louisiana Department of Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
October 20, 2007
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Denisa Hancock. I am currently enrolled at Xavier University of Louisiana located in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am pursuing a degree in Chemistry/ Pre-Pharmacy to soon one day obtain my Doctor of Pharmacy degree to [...]

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton for President Committee
1717 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1001
Washington, D.C. 20036
PHONE (202) 263-0180
FAX (202) 263-0181
info@hillaryclinton.com
Dear Senator Hillary Clinton,
My name is Brittney Curtis, and I am a student at Xavier University of Louisiana. I have decided to take on a large role in tackling a problem that affects many young Americans today. The problems [...]

Barack Obama
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
PHONE (866) 675-2008
http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/contact
Dear Senator Barack Obama,
In the democracy that we United States citizens live in, I understand that there is a responsibility which grants us to make informed decisions in government. However, when it comes to issues concerning war, the decision making seems completely out of our [...]

Susan Isaacs
801 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway
New Orleans, La 70125
Senator Mary Landrieu
Hale Boggs Federal Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
New Orleans, LA 70130
October 12, 2007
Dear Senator Landrieu,
My name is Susan Isaacs and I am currently a Junior at Xavier University in New Orleans. I am writing you in concern for our education system and how it has [...]

Louisiana Department of Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Hanh Tran. I am a junior at Xavier University of Louisiana. I am currently pursuing a degree in Chemistry and am planning to further my education in graduate school. One of the requirements for any degree at [...]