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Powerful words of survival, struggle and spirituality from Hurricane Katrina Survivors filled the First Congregational Church in Oakland last Saturday. "He was our Moses", they cried, standing together, bodies swaying slowly back and forth as if to carry their weary souls through and out of the tragedies they had seen. Their eyes were staring straight ahead - skin the color of the earth - holding hands that had held struggle, had brought forth life and had carried humanity to safety. "..and had it not been for him barbequing on the roof the helicopters would not have seen us - and that's how we got saved", said the soft voice of Amika Wilson, Hurricane Katrina survivor and lifelong resident of New Orleans.
Powerful words of survival, struggle and spirituality from Hurricane Katrina Survivors filled the First Congregational Church in Oakland last Saturday. "He was our Moses", they cried, standing together, bodies swaying slowly back and forth as if to carry their weary souls through and out of the tragedies they had seen. Their eyes were staring straight ahead - skin the color of the earth - holding hands that had held struggle, had brought forth life and had carried humanity to safety. "..and had it not been for him barbequing on the roof the helicopters would not have seen us - and that's how we got saved", said the soft voice of Amika Wilson, Hurricane Katrina survivor and lifelong resident of New Orleans.
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