These are samples of the letters that I have sent out:
Shana Simon
1 Drexel Dr.
Living Learning Center Rm.357A
New Orleans, LA 70125
Re: Global Poverty
Mayor C. Ray Nagin
1300 Perdido St.
New Orleans, La 70112
Attn: Mayor Nagin
Dear Mayor C. Ray Nagin,
Greetings, my name is Shana A. Simon and I am a sophomore Pre-Pharmacy student at Xavier University of [...]

Dear Mayor Ragin,
I am a student at Xavier University of New Orleans and I originally from Texas. I want to thank you and your city for accepting me with open arms; I have truly enjoyed my year and a half here in New Orleans. I am sending you [...]

The problem that I am constantly grappling with for this course in terms of my project and my letter is the problem of lacking solidarity. The disconnect of humanity in terms of helping and working together in the community and even in legislation is something that should be addressed. The xurrent state of the nation [...]

Hello everyone as you know I have decided to do my project on crime. Throughout the course of my project I have shown numbers that indicate that we as taxpayers pay for inmates to remain in prison. Meanwhile crime increases every year so that’s more tax dollars that are begin spent. So my project is [...]

This week I was informed that the blog required us to write and send formal letters to high powered people regarding what we believe to be the biggest problem of the United States and to also inform them of our project. In writing these letters, I hope to get my project power kicked to being [...]

The Honorable Barack Obama
United States Senate
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1305
The Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
The Hunger Site
One Union Square
600 University Street, Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98101-4107
U.S.A.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
00120 Via del Pellegrino
Citta del Vaticano
To whom it may concern:
In light of the election looming over this year, people [...]

Hear is my letter. I don’t know who I am going to give this to yet but I am thinking about just mailing to Dr. Norman C. Francis and Dr. Kenneth Boutte. I think that these two people are the best people to give these letters to because these are the people who I personally [...]

Superintendent Charlotte D. Placide
EBRPSS
1050 S. Foster Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
PH 225-922-5400
November 1, 2008
Dr. Superintendent Charlotte Placide,
My name is Lauren N. Doby and I attended and graduated from Scotlandville Magnet High School in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. I am enrolled in a Theology course at Xavier University where we are implementing a plan [...]

The other three people that i will write to besides Dr. Boutte, will be Barack Obama, New Orleans Parish School Board, and also Mayor Ray Nagin….the addresses are at the end of the blog!!
Dr. Kenneth Boutte
Dean of Freshman Studies
Xavier University
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
October 30, 2008
Dear Dr. Boutte,
Hello Dr. Boutte my name is [...]

Last week I learned how African American Criticism is important to Theology. I found out why African Americans are not considering Theology as a major. Some reason are that there is not enough money, the language, and delayed gratification. Even if they wanted to receive a PhD they would have to enroll in [...]

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 [...]