Roberta Avila is the executive director of the STEPS Coalition, which includes 30 social justice organizations on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that came together after Hurricane Katrina. Avila spoke with Bridge The Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studies for the report
Bishop Anthony Thompson is executive director of the Kingdom Community Development Corporation, and a member of the Coalition of African American Communities (COAAC). He recently spoke with Bridge The Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studies for the report Troubled Waters: Two Years After the BP
Two years ago today the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, due to poor decisions made by BP and Halliburton engineers, killing 11 rig workers and spilling upwards of 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As tragic as that moment was, the tragedy continues to spread, much as the 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersants spread far beyond the waters where they were targeted.
Crossposted from Isle de Jean Charles News. Greetings, I am the Chief of a small Indian community, the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw.
Bridge The Gulf Project was featured as a "Foot Soldier" by Melissa Harris-Perry on her MSNBC show this weekend! (Watch here). What an honor to be recognized by the Tulane professor, author of the recently published book Sister Citizen, and New Orleans resident.
The second anniversary/memorial of the BP Deep Water Drilling Oil Disaster has come and gone. It was awesome to see events held in every Gulf state in commemoration. So many good people coming together to pay their respects to the 11 fallen, and to stand in protection of our people, wetlands, fisheries, beaches, sea life, cultures and waters.
By Joey Yerkes. April 21st, 2012. On this day two years ago I was anchored up on the East side of Destin pass, stocking up with live cigar minnows, waiting for the morning rush of boats to come out the pass. It was still dark, and pretty early, so I kicked back and gathered my thoughts before the rush. There was a faint smell of burnt crude in the air, and I already knew what had happened the night before.
Stephen Teague is a staff attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice, where his main work is providing free legal assistance to people who have claims with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), the mechanism that was set up to compensate those who suffered economic losses as a result of the BP oil disaster. He recently spoke about the GCCF with Bridge The Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studie
The second memorial of the nation’s worst oil catastrophe has come and gone, forever linked to Earth Day and seared into the psyches of millions of Gulf residents and fishermen. In recent weeks, the media has unleashed a torrent of stories about the devastating impacts of the nation’s worst oil spill disaster;
Roberta Avila is the executive director of the 
Bishop Anthony Thompson is executive director of the Kingdom Community Development Corporation, and a member of the Coalition of African American Communities (COAAC). He recently spoke with Bridge The Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studies for the report 
Two years ago today the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, due to poor decisions made by BP and Halliburton engineers, killing 11 rig workers and spilling upwards of 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As tragic as that moment was, the tragedy continues to spread, much as the 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersants spread far beyond the waters where they were targeted.
Crossposted from 
The second anniversary/memorial of the BP Deep Water Drilling Oil Disaster has come and gone. It was awesome to see events held in every Gulf state in commemoration. So many good people coming together to pay their respects to the 11 fallen, and to stand in protection of our people, wetlands, fisheries, beaches, sea life, cultures and waters.
By Joey Yerkes. April 21st, 2012. On this day two years ago I was anchored up on the East side of Destin pass, stocking up with live cigar minnows, waiting for the morning rush of boats to come out the pass. It was still dark, and pretty early, so I kicked back and gathered my thoughts before the rush. There was a faint smell of burnt crude in the air, and I already knew what had happened the night before.
Stephen Teague is a staff attorney at the 