[MarignyBywater] Memorial Second Line for Jessica Hawk

[ReX - NoLA Rising]

*Jessica Hawk was 32-years-old when she was murdered in her Bywater home
early in August.* She came to New Orleans in 2003 to be with her fiancee and
to pursue her education and career in Botany, biology and entomology. In
2007 she and her fiancee separated, and Jessica moved into her house on
Chartres St., where she was stabbed and beaten to death.

Jessica was an author and a scholar, having published botany articles in top
scientific journals. A deep lover of nature, Jessica made a tremendous
contribution to the city she came to love. She volunteered at the Tulane
herbarium, attended the masters program in Biology at UNO, where she was
awarded the first post-Katrina graduate fellowship and was a highly regarded
teacher, worked as an entomologist at the Audubon Insectarium, which she
helped to open, and was scheduled to begin work at the New Orleans Botanical
Garden the week after her murder. She was a mainstay at Harold's Plants and
beautified many yards, courtyards and balconies around town. She also loved
literature, especially Virginia Woolf, and philosophy. A prized possession
was a facsimile of T.S. Elliot's "Wasteland" with annotations by Ezra Pound.

Everywhere she studied, worked or lived, Jessica was a star. Born and raised
poor, fiercely independent and without a snobbish bone in her body. Jessica
was liked and loved by so many and had become a bright light n the Bywater,
greeting happy neighbors and friends as she biked or walked through the
neighborhood.

Her loss is incalculable! A murder assaults more than the victim. Pray for
her devastated family and friends, all of whom are searching for strenght in
the face of horror.

On Saturday October 4th, there will be a memorial parade and Anti-Crime
march in Jessica's memory.
The parade, led by The Storyville Stompers, leaves Schiro's in the
Marigny-corner of Royal and St. Roch- at 4p. We parade through her
neighborhood up Esplanade to Ernie K-Doe's Mother-n-Law Lounge, where all
who wish will speak in the garden.
Free food, cash bar, and music to follow.
Rides back to the Marigny will be available.

Th investigation is ongoing. As of yet, there are no breaks to report. *ANYONE
WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRIME SHOULD CALL Detective Nicholas Gernon at
658.5308*

The only way New Orleans can reduce the murder rate is if we speak out and
act!
I encourage all who are outraged by this statistic to make a stand by
joining us in our march against violence.


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www.michaeldingler.com
nolarising.blogspot.com
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