http://www.greenforall.org Blog posts categorized as Gulf Oil Spill hourly 1 2010-04-28T23:36:47Z http://www.greenforall.org/blog/five-years-after-katrina-the-gulf-is-showing-all-of-us-the-way-forward As August draws to a close, we face a somber, sobering anniversary. Five years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The storm — and the horrifying ineptitude of the relief efforts before, during, and after — left the region devastated. Most of those who died or were abandoned to "sink or swim" were poor people, people of color, or both. No publisher Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All Gulf Oil 2010-08-30T17:39:45Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/bisco-building-capacity-voice-and-power-in-southeastern-louisiana In the southeastern Louisiana bayou parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne, BISCO (Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing) builds the voice and power of local residents to address the most pressing issues facing their communities. The disasters of the last five years — Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008, and the BP Oil Drilling Disaster this year — have severely impacted our two parishes. The fallout from these disasters may seem local, but are important regionally and nationally. No publisher Patty Whitney, Executive Assistant / Community Organizer, BISCO Gulf Oil 2010-08-29T21:34:45Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/the-alliance-institute-the-quest-for-fairness-and-equality-continues-in-the-gulf-region Five years after Hurricane Katrina, one of the most striking problems in the recovery from the storm has been that states are exercising too much power and the federal government too little. This imbalance has had a terrible impact on poor communities. No publisher Steve Bradberry, Founder and Executive Director of The Alliance Institute Gulf Oil 2010-08-29T21:34:47Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/mary-queen-of-vietnam-building-a-green-future-in-the-gulf-from-the-ground-up After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents were scattered all over the country. Rebuilding our community was the most pressing — and most daunting — task facing Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation (MQVN CDC). We organized to help our congregation come home, and about 90% of the people who lived near the church returned. No publisher Mary Queen of Viet Nam Gulf Oil 2010-08-29T21:34:46Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/deep-south-center-for-environmental-justice-at-dillard-university Five years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, much of our work at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice has been focused on research, policy, community outreach and assistance, and education needs of the displaced minority population of New Orleans. No publisher Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Gulf Oil 2010-08-29T21:34:45Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/from-oil-spill-to-oil-dump-the-dirty-secret-of-bps-clean-up When oil was steadily gushing out of BP's broken oil pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico, we were all desperate to stop the flow and get the oil that had already spilled safely out of the water. Sadly, we paid too little attention to where that oil would go once clean-up workers removed it from the Gulf waters. Now we know: far too much of it is being dumped in communities of color. No publisher Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO Green For All Gulf Oil 2010-08-18T20:38:24Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/our-fight-for-american-independence This weekend, we celebrate America's independence from Britain. Once again, we must rise up and fight for America's independence. This time, instead of forcing someone else to let us go free, it is we who must let go, we who must change. No publisher Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO Gulf Oil 2010-07-01T19:02:04Z Blog Entry