Gulf Coast Voices
...People’s Production House has been traveling to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houma and Baker, Louisiana, and more recently to Gulfport and Biloxi in Mississippi to capture the voices of those most dramatically affected by Hurricane Katrina. Our work in the Gulf Coast region has involved the production of radio and print stories through our CNPI project, and the training of community organizers to make their own media. Follow these links to listen to our Gulf Coast work and learn more about our partner groups in the region:
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- produced by SAINTS
- in 2008
In time for the March 11th Mississippi primary, youth from Radio Rootz partner group SAINTS (Students Against Infectious Diseases N Today's Society) hit the streets of their local communities to prepare this report.
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- produced by Eric Walker, Rasheka London & Keyana London - Dana Solet & Cacinda Voisin
- in 2007
After Katrina many survivors were moved into large FEMA trailer parks. Two years later, they remain warehoused in these trailer parks. Renaissance Village, 100 miles from New Orleans is one such trailer park, which is the largest FEMA trailer park in the country. With 500 trailers, many residents have been stuck there for close to two years. This piece was produced by youth who live in the trailer park -- Eric Walker, Rasheka London and Keyana London, with help from youth from the United Houma Nation, Dana Solet and Cacinda Voisin.
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- produced by Sharon Hanshaw & Cass Woods
- in 2008
With little government assistance, too many bureaucratic obstacles to jump through, and an insurance industry that found outs every step of the way, women from all over the gulf coast had to come together to help those in need. One group of women created "Coastal Women for Change" to fill the huge void in Biloxi, Mississippi. They began providing vital services like childcare and information that residents desperately needed but were not receiving such as their land rights and programs available to them for relief. Coastal Women for Change reporters Sharon Hanshaw and Cass Woods bring us this story.
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- produced by Jason Mackenzie
- in 2008
Hurricane Katrina wiped out the coastline in Mississippi. Many folks who lived their either couldn't afford to rebuild or afford the insurance cost to stay there. So big developers moved in and bought many of the former residents' property. Now 2 years later the major development happening along the coast is coming from large casinos. And residents from the nearby African American communities say the development is changing the face of their neighborhoods. Jason Mackenzie of the North Gulfport Community Land Trust brings us this report.
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