Rally Empowers Local Students to Make Impact in their Communities

#foogallery-gallery-13625 .fg-image { width: 699px; } Prev 1of8 Next Story and Photos by Shawniece Mitchell Data News Weekly Contributor Local high school students attending InspireNOLA Charter Schools participated in the NOLALove Charter Schools and Rock of Ages Baptist Church’s Celebration of Inspiration, Love, and Advocacy on Sept. 6th. Bishop T.D. Jakes, the Motivational Speaker and Christian Pastor, told students to commit to a life-long journey of making a difference, in a conversation with Jonathan Everett, the Pastor of Rock of Ages Baptist Church. “You’re going to spend the rest of your life defining your identity,” Jakes said. “You won’t be finished at 18. You won’t be finished at 21. You won’t be finished at 41. Because life keeps changing, and it keeps evolving. You will be excavating things out of yourself that you didn’t know you had.” Student choirs from Edna Karr High School, Eleanor McMain Secondary School and L.B. Landry High Schools performed at Xavier University of Louisiana’s Convocation Center, while New Orleans Rapper and Songwriter Mia Young, known as Mia X, offered students advise on navigating the teen years. “If you’re not going to remember something in five years, especially when it comes to matters of the heart,...