For Immediate Release: 8/28/2017

Baton Rouge- Louisiana High School Democrats Chairman Charlie Stephens issued the following statement.

“As we have informed our attendees to the True Blue Gala, The Louisiana Democratic Party has decided to postpone the event due to catastrophic hurricane Harvey.”

“We do still plan on attending the True Blue Gala and are still taking applications to attend the gala. Though applicants should understand that at this point there is a decreased likelihood of being accepted to attend the gala.”

“I, and the entire executive board would like extend our hands to fellow Americans in Texas and Louisiana as they go through this horrible storm. Texas responded to Katrina and Louisiana will respond to Harvey.”

The Louisiana Democratic Party’s press release relating to postponing the True Blue Gala can be found here.

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