Trouble The Water Blog

Vote for your favorite Hurricane Katrina Movie!

[Originally published July 21, 2010, by Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune ]http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/07/reader_poll_what_is_your_favor.html]

It's been almost five years since Hurricane Katrina roared ashore and changed pretty much everything about life in New Orleans. Through it all, though, at least one thing has remained strong: the city's power to inspire artists. Over the past five years, countless movies have been made about Hurricane Katrina, its aftermath and its lasting effects. That got us wondering: What Hurricane Katrina movie is your favorite? Take our poll (below) and let us know.

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GNO FAIR HOUSING: TELL DC TO KEEP ITS REBUILDING PROMISES TO THE GULF COAST!

Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Call To Action: You know that after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the rupture of the levees in New Orleans, the federal government promised Louisiana and the Gulf Coast that it would be a full partner in our recovery and rebuilding efforts. Sadly and shockingly, the federal government is poised to break its promise. A current appropriations bill that has already passed the House of Representatives seeks to pay for the ongoing war in Afghanistan, oil spill clean up efforts, and other projects by taking back $400 million in recovery funds for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that are desperately needed in Louisiana to help homeowners rebuild their homes and lives.  Read More |

Gulf Coast Fund responds to the BP Drilling Disaster

The Gulf Coast Fund has so far raised $180,000 for an Emergency Response Fund to support communities responding to the BP oil drilling disaster, and has already distributed $155,000 in emergency grants.

Find out how you can Donate, or how you can Apply for emergency assistance, here: http://gulfcoastfund.org/  Read More |

HELP LOUISIANA’S COASTAL COMMUNITIES

Help the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation ensure that coastal community leaders can hold industry accountable for the BP environmental disaster and support policy and advocacy to ensure that communities are restored, that the economy recovers and that the region is protected from man-made ecological disasters in the future. http://www.louisianahelp.org

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Arizona and Immigration: Why Women’s Voices Matter

[originally published by Ms. Foundation ]http://ms.foundation.org/]

RH Reality Check’s managing editor, Amie Newman, has written a thorough and persuasive piece examining why immigration is a women’s issue, and why feminists should be taking action against Arizona’s new draconian anti-immigration measures.

(http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/05/13/arizona-immigration-womens-issue)

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Give Now to Support Relief and Reconstruction

Through the Relief and Reconstruction Fund, the Tides community supports victims of natural and civil disasters across the globe through grants to effective grassroots and advocacy organizations working for short-term relief as well as long-term economic and structural change.  Read More |

When Investors Buy Up The Neighborhood

[originally posted on ]http://www.policylink.org]

When Investors Buy Up the Neighborhood: Strategies to Prevent Investor Ownership from Causing Neighborhood Decline describes three dozen strategies communities can use to reclaim foreclosed properties, encourage positive reinvestment, and stabilize their neighborhoods.

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Tell Arizona Elected Leaders SB 1070 is Racist

Shame on Arizona.

Our Partner of at ColorOfChange.Org is mobilizing to send a mass message to Arizona Elected officials and to D.C. that SB 1070 is unacceptable.

The new Arizona law makes racial profiling legal and means that police will stop and question people for no other reason than that they are brown-skinned or speak Spanish.

Add your voice in opposition: http://www.colorofchange.org/sb1070/?id=2474-1185694 or http://www.presente.org

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Take Action Against Hunger and Poverty

The Global Food Security Act (SB 384) is the biggest U.S. agricultural aid initiative in more than half a century. The bill mandates that U.S. taxpayer dollars support research on genetically engineered crops.

WhyHunger explains why genetically engineered (GE) crops will not solve world hunger, and tells you what action you can take today:

http://action.panna.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2901

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Harry Chapin Media Awards Finalists Announced

The anti-hunger organization World Hunger Year announced this week its finalists for the Harry Chapin Media Awards, which were established in 1982 to reward journalists for coverage of hunger and poverty-related issues.

We are deeply honored that Trouble the Water is one of four finalists in the TV/Film category, along with: Socially Connected: Is Anybody Listening?; (KCET-TV); Cash for Poor: Mexico’s Anti-Poverty Program (The PBS NewsHour); and The Children Beyond Chernobyl (RTE).

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