National FEMA Trailer Tour

Scores of gulf coast community leaders are connected through the KRV Express, the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal, and other regional networks spawned by the Hurricanes of 2005. Because our “family” of grassroots leaders and struggling communities spans coastal LA, MS, AL and TX (and a 49-state Diaspora), we share a deep anxiety in knowing that someone(s) dear to all of us will soon bear Gustav’s heaviest blows. We also know that the strong possibility of longterm adversity is again most likely to impact low-income and/or minority communities that have not recovered from Katrina or Rita. Throughout the gulf region, these people and places still suffer disproportionately from inadequate infrastructure and services, accelerated wetlands loss, toxic contamination, and the narrow definition of “disaster recovery” embraced by media, government and Big Business. From Mobile and Biloxi to Houma and Port Arthur, we are deeply concerned for one another’s safety and committed to a region-wide renewal that is healthy, just and sustainable for all.