For Immediate Release
September 6, 2002
Attention: Assignment Editors and Community Calendar Editors

Who: Port of Oakland
What: 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
Where: The Pavilion Stage in Jack London Square in Oakland (at the foot of Broadway)
When: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Why: To join together in remembering 9/11 and to celebrate our community, friends and family.

OAKLAND, Calif. (September 6, 2002) - The Port of Oakland will hold a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, Wednesday, September 11, 2002 beginning at 12:30 p.m. at the Pavilion Stage outside of Barnes & Noble in Jack London Square (at the foot of Broadway). The ceremony will be held not only to remember the tragic events of 9/11, but also to celebrate our community, friends and family.

This is an opportunity for our community to continue the healing process with music and song. Taiko and African drummers along with a bagpipe player and the City and Port Choir will be part of this event. The ceremony will also include brief remarks by Port of Oakland officials, the raising of the American flag by Oakland firefighters and an interfaith presentation with local clerics (Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist and Islamic faiths). The public will be invited to join in singing "America the Beautiful".

At the conclusion of the ceremony, visitors may place flowers in an area designated as a 9/11 memorial for that day in Jack London Square.

All are welcome at this cross-cultural and interfaith ceremony, which will offer words of encouragement, thankfulness and a celebration of life.

Contact:
Marilyn Sandifur
Media and Public Relations Manager
(510) 627-1193
msandifur@portoakland.com

Alternate Contact:
Midori Tabata
Communications Assistant
(510) 627-1187
mtabata@portoakland.com