UPDATE: The United Negro College Fund today announced the fundraiser with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will not be held this weekend and will be rescheduled.
UNCF has decided out of an abundance of caution to move the date of the upcoming New Orleans UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball.Read more: https://t.co/6iNwNTlVPm pic.twitter.com/wEBNcbp9uj
— UNCF (@UNCF) March 11, 2020
Original story follows:
As concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus spread, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced yesterday that all public events, including Super Sunday and St. Patrick’s Day parades are canceled.
The City canceled all PUBLIC events permitted by the City of New Orleans.Private event organizers are encouraged to consult the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.View online at https://t.co/YuAKbuzwwQ https://t.co/qLF19PWhsa. pic.twitter.com/bsxzYwWDrF
— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) March 11, 2020One event, however, that is not canceled at this time, is the 2020 UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball.
When asked if the event was canceled, mayor Cantrell replied, “Right now it’s not canceled. That is more of a private event.” She adds, “Right now it is not (canceled) but that could potentially happen.”
The private fundraiser will be held this Saturday, March 14, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown New Orleans. The event helps raise money across the country to support Historically Black Colleges in New Orleans.
The mayor’s Masked Ball is not thrown by mayor Cantrell nor the city of New Orleans, but mayor Cantrell does host the event.
