Marc Morial
Marc Morial
Marc Haydel Morialis an American political and civic leader and the current president of the National Urban League. Morial served as mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1994 to 2002. He is married to Michelle Miller, who has won awards as a CBS News Correspondent...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 January 1958
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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Technology is permeating every single thing we do, ... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for the future.
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So the money is critical, but the direction of the money, the proper spending of the money is also something that the mayor has a great role to play.
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I can't tell you how to market your city, but I can tell you the appeal of Atlanta.
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I think the important message today is that an ordinary person -- a quiet, humble person -- can ignite a movement,
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We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.
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This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery.
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Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by reaching out, to the supporters of your opponent as well as to reassure your own supporters.
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We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.
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Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.
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We'll rebuild, of course, ... But what made New Orleans is the polyglot, the tapestry, the mosaic, the gumbo. So the French Quarter gets most of the attention, but the Quarter feeds from the arteries of the neighborhoods.
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We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.
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We've lost our city. I fear it's potentially like Pompeii.
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The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this.
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A great American city is fighting for its life.