Looking forward to the fall Presidential campaign, Louisiana and New Orleans leaders are working with Google and YouTube to bring American voices into a forum with Presidential nominees that will address critical issues for the nation's future.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and the New Orleans Consortium (comprised of the Women of the Storm with the Greater New Orleans Foundation and Dillard, Loyola, Tulane and Xavier universities) plan to host the forum on September 18, 2008 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The forum will use Google technology and the YouTube video platform to drive citizen engagement and to create a dynamic, compelling, and constructive live television broadcast.

Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for more information in the coming months about how you can participate in the forum!