Coast Recovery

Gulf Coast Region Recovery Efforts:

ACER helps to organize, advocate and document Oil Spill Crisis of the Gulf Coast Region in conjunction with the NAACP on June 7th.

Ben Jealous, Bill Starworth, Director of Hope, and Derrick Johnson on closing local new school and Oil Spill in the Gulf.

Biloxi Mayor Holloway, Derrick Johnson MS NAACP ( Left), Ben Jealous President of NAACP (opposite end of table with mayor), and James Crowell, President of Biloxi Branch NAACP.

Step Coalition members sharing their concerns with President, Ben Jealous of NAACP regarding the adverse impact of the oil spill on their way of life and what BP is not doing.

Al White in route of tour of gulf coast oil region.

Oil contaminated marsh over a mile inland from the Gulf.

Left to right: President, Charlotte Randolph of Lafourche Parish, Mayor OLandrieu of New Orleans, Ben Jealous of NAACP and Ernest Johnson of Louisiana state conference.

Resident speaking out about the oil spill on June 7th in Houma, LA at public meeting.

KATRINA RECOVERY EFFORTS

Immediately following Hurricane Katrina hitting the Mississippi Gulf Coast, MS-NAACP received calls alerting us that predominately-low income and Africans American neighborhoods were not receiving aid from the Red Cross and other relief agencies. In response Action Communication and Education Reform, Inc. help organized relief teams in conjunction with the MS NAACP to travel to the coast to provide needed supplies and assistance. In addition, ACTION was one of the first to go into many communities to document and interview the impact the hurricane had on the most vulnerable citizens in the affected areas of the storm. As a result, the footage has been used to promote the NAACP advocacy campaign for those families affected and to further educate the public and foundations about continuing problems confronting the affected families.

ACTION continues to document numerous cases of racism and discriminatory practices by local housing agencies, Hotels, Red Cross, and Local FEMA representatives. There remains too many affected families who do not have sustainable resources for housing, medical/mental health care, educational needs and basic necessities (rent, light water, expenses) in addition to income taxes, caring for extended family members, a surge in uninsured patients, death and burial expenses.

FUNDERS:

Southern Partners Funds

Rockefellers Philanthropy