Nearly Two Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Fighting Environmental Neglect, Privatization

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Fri, Jun 29, 2007 8:01AM

Friday, June 29, 2007 : Twenty two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf region of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, residents are still fighting to save their communities. We speak with Monique Harden, co-director of the New Orleans-based Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, and organizer of a caravan of Katrina activists to the U.S. Social Forum this week.

Twenty two months ago, Hurricane Katrina hit land and devastated the gulf region of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The effects of Katrina are still widely felt.

Hundreds of Gulf residents traveled to Atlanta this week for the U.S. Social Forum. Many of the activists came aboard the People's Freedom Caravan. Monique Harden helped organize the caravan.

Monique Harden . Co-Director of the New Orleans-based Advocates for Environmental Human Rights.

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