Speech by Susan Felio Price from Rally for Gulf Change, 10/30/2010, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Good afternoon! I'm Susan Felio Price, owner of a marine vessel repair business in Chauvin, La., mother, grandmother and a child advocate for 10 years.
As I stand before you today my heart is heavily burdened....my mind is troubled...
(Oct. 25) -- "With Katrina, we knew what we had to do," Marla Cooper, of Venice, La., says a few minutes into "Crude Justice," a new 17-minute film about the BP oil spill. "We rebuilt. But for this, how do we rebuild?"
Karen Hopkins, a Grand Isle resident and seafood worker who has become sick from dispersants, is one of the organizers of tomorrow's Rally for Gulf Change on the Louisiana State Capitol.
She recently told Bridge The Gulf what the rally is all about:
We're calling on all our local and state politicians to be there, so we can find out who's going to be working with the citizens of the Gulf Coast...
Over six months have passed since the devastating loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 20 of this year,11 good men: Roy Wyatt Kemp, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto, Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Karl Kleppinger, Adam Weise and Gordon Jones; lost their lives in a few moments at sea.
Speech by Karen Hopkins delivered at the Rally for Gulf Change. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 10/30/10.
Speech from the Gulf Change Rally. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 10/30/10.
Speech by Susan Felio Price from Rally for Gulf Change, 10/30/2010, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
By Laura Parker, 
Karen Hopkins, a Grand Isle resident and seafood worker who has become sick from dispersants, is one of the organizers of tomorrow's Rally for Gulf Change on the Louisiana State Capitol.
Over six months have passed since the devastating loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 20 of this year,11 good men: Roy Wyatt Kemp, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto, Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Karl Kleppinger, Adam Weise and Gordon Jones; lost their lives in a few moments at sea.
Guest post by Chasidy Fisher Hobbs, Emerald Coastkeeper
