Monday, August 23, 2010

5th Anniversary Report and MS Center for Justice Interim 2010 Report on Housing »

  Steps Coalition Executive Director Roberta Avila assesses the state of recovery for MS Gulf Coast's most vulnerable people, the poor and underserved. Additionally, MS Center for Justice has compiled an Interim 2010 Report on Housing. Please click the link below for download these reports. 1-R_Avila__5th_Anniversary_essay_08_08_101.pdf 1-interim_report_-_final-w_©-2_5th_Anniversary1.pdf

Read: 5th Anniversary Report and MS Center for Justice Interim 2010 Report on Housing
Events

Aug 31, 2010 • Save Our School Coalition Meeting »
New Bethel Baptist Church, Biloxi, MS 39530

Save Our School Coalition is open to anyone concerned about…

Aug 29, 2010 • The 5th Anniversary Katrina Interfaith Sunrise Worship Service »
Trinity Episcopal Church, Pass Christian, MS 39571

MS Coast Interfaith Disaster Task Force and the Steps Coalition…

Aug 28, 2010 • 1st Annual Kingdom Community Fest »
Jack and Florence Goldin Sports Complex, Gulfport, MS

Fun for all ages!
Contests: Modeling, Football, Basketball,…

Jul 29, 2010 • A Film and Panel Discussion on Homelessness »
Martin Luther King, Jr. Building, Biloxi, MS 39530

Steps Coalition Human Rights Working Group
presents…

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Headline News

Aug 31, 2010

BP, other officials try to assure crowd at meeting seafood is safe  »

OCEAN SPRINGS — Few residents attended a last-minute meeting Saturday with BP and environmental officials…

Aug 25, 2010

The poor and less powerful even when visible and loud, are often ignored  »

The poor and less powerful, even when visible and loud, are often ignored By…

Aug 20, 2010

$1.5M offered to reopen Nichols  »

BILOXI — The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has offered the Biloxi School District $1.5 million to…

Aug 19, 2010

Spike Lee’s New Orleans premiere of ‘If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise’ draws a crowd  »

In 2006, when thousands entered the New Orleans Arena to watch the premiere of Spike…

Aug 19, 2010

EPA faces tough questions  »

By LEIGH COLEMAN BILOXI — Residents at a public forum Thursday said the EPA is…

Press Releases

Jun 26, 2010

DMR Provides Urgent Information for Sea Turtle Encounters for Fishermen and Boaters  »

BILOXI, Miss. – Due to an unusually high number of sea turtles in the Mississippi…

Jun 18, 2010

Deepwater Horizon Response: Informational Open House at Pelican Landing  »

A community open house for residents is being hosted by the Steps Coalition, in partnership…

Jun 18, 2010

Regional Task Force Calls for Executive Order to Establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Program  »

Houma, LA – June 17 – A Regional Task Force of Gulf Coast advocates is…

Jun 17, 2010

RIGHTS GROUPS ASSESS IMPACT OF BP OIL DRILLING DISASTER  »

(New Orleans, LA and Washington, DC, June 7, 2010)— The Robert F. Kennedy Center for…

Jun 17, 2010

Sierra Club Appeals Commissioners’ Flip Flop on Kemper  »

Harrison County, MS – Sierra Club filed a lawsuit today in chancery court challenging the…

Reports

Aug 16, 2010

JAMA Report on Health Effects of Gulf Oil Spill  »

The Journal of the American Medical Association has compiled a report regarding Health Effects of…

Jun 27, 2010

People gather to promote the stop of offshore drilling  »

GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - It's an effort to promote Clean Energy across the world. The…

Jun 26, 2010

NAACP president talks to Biloxi leaders about closing Nichols Elem.  »

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - National NAACP President Benjamin Jealous was in Biloxi Monday to meet…

Jun 26, 2010

NAACP says Governor Barbour isn’t doing enough  »

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - The threat of oil has now also garnered the attention of…

Jun 25, 2010

Statement by Equity and Inclusion Campaign, Oxfam America, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation  »

Download the 9-page Unified Statement
Statement by Equity…