November 2010

We're Not Forgotten

By Leevones Dubose. Founder, CEO and housing coordinator, Bay Area Women’s Coalition. Crossposted from Huffington Post.

On Thanksgiving, Oil Disaster Victims Hope for the Truth

Update: On Nov. 24, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration closed 4200 square miles of federal Gulf waters to fishing for royal red shrimp after oily tar balls were discovered in the nets of a commercial fisherman trawling for shrimp.

On Thursday, families of the Gulf coast will gather together to celebrate the holiday. But for many, it will be a bittersweet occasion. This is the first Thanksgiving since the BP oil disaster destroyed their coast and many of their businesses. Some will find it difficult to afford a turkey or ham to celebrate.

Momentum builds at rally, as Gulf Coast residents stand up for the truth

dear_bp If last Saturday’s Rally for the Truth on Grand Isle, Louisiana is any indication, a lot of gulf coast residents are angry, sick, and tired.

But they are also getting energized and organized to fight for their homeland, after seven months of a woefully inadequate response to the BP oil and dispersant crisis from the “powers that be.” 

A Special Thanksgiving For Mississippi's Gulf Coast (with video)

Gulfport, MS - Residents along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, a region still struggling to recover from the worst hurricane disaster in American history and more recently, the worst American oil spill, have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. A little more than a week ago, H.U.D.