Monday, September 25
Mossville, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Organizers/Sponsors:
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Concerned Citizens of the Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Site
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Gert Town Revival Initiative
Mossville Environmental Action Now
Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund & Oversight Committee
Sierra Club – Delta Chapter
Nathalie Walker, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Cell: 504-453-6791
Office: 504-799-3060
Event
“Communities Combating Government-Made Disasters”
Mossville
- 9:00 am — Press Conference & Release of Report on the Cover-Up of the Toxic Poisoning of Mossville Residents, Mossville Truth Tabernacle Church
- 10:00 am — Tour of Mossville
- 10:30 am — Depart for New Orleans
New Orleans
- 2:30 pm — Tour of Gert Town Neighborhood in New Orleans
- 3:15 pm — Tour of Agriculture Street Neighborhood in New Orleans
- 3:45 pm — Tour of Flood-Ravaged Ninth Ward in New Orleans
- 5:00 pm — Tour of New Orleans East Neighborhoods
Main Issues
- Communities organizing for environmental justice and human rights
- Exposing government decisions that make African American and Vietnamese American communities in Louisiana unsafe and unhealthy
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