Friday, November 11, 2005

Gulf Coast Justice and Solidarity Tour

karlos says: Look out for more on this tour at SWOPblogger. Check out Southwest Workers' Union's post!
Tour stops:
*Southern Echo, Jackson, Mississippi
*Common Ground Collective, Algiers, La
*Community Labor United, New Orleans, La
*People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, New Orleans, La
*First Baptist Church, Gulfport, Mississippi
*United Houma Nation, Louisiana Bayou

*Tour organized by Southwest Workers' Union, San Antonio, Tx
*And co-convened by Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Project South, local orgs...
pics from SWU:
top: Group photo in Gulfport, Mississippi.
2nd from top: Laura (Air America Radio), Emory (Project South), and Gary (Legacy Equality Leadership and Oranizing) help unload boxes at Common Ground Collective.
2nd from bottom: Hollis (Southern Echo), Jose Bravo (Just Transition Alliance), Miguel (SWOP), and Naro (SWU) take a picture in front of Houma Nation Elder's house where they fixed the porch and installed a new ramp.
Bottom: Miguel and Jose, working on ramp.
Participating Orgs:

Amy Stapleton
Methodist Federation for Social Action

212 E Capitol St, NE
Washington, DC 20003
(o) 202.546.8806

(c) 202.577.8712

amy@mfsaweb.org


Angela Winfrey-Bowman
People’s Institute for Survival & Beyond
330 Tall Oaks Dr
Congers, GA 30013
(c) 504.858.0620

angelawinf@aol.com

Angelo Kinyua

Mulika Communication Trust

64081 Nairobi, Kenya
(o) +25 47.22.87.5989
angelokinyua@yahoo.com


Ansje Miller
Environmental Justice & Climate Change Initiative

1904 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612
(o) 510.444.3041 x315
miller@rprogress.org


Arnoldo Garcia
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights

310 8th St Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94607
(o) 510.465.1984 x305
agarcia@nnirr.org

Audrey Hollis
St. Louis Jobs with Justice
(h) 314.869.3592
(o) 314.644.0466 x12

(c) 314.435.0414

Audrey@stl-jwj.org

Bill Chandler
Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance
(c) 888.204.3355
bcmobilize@bellsouth.net

Brenda Robichaux
United Houma Nation
4400 Highway 1
Raceland, LA 70394
(c) 985.637.3826
bdr@unitedhoumanation.org

Che Lopez
Southwest Workers Union & COMPA
PO Box 830706
San Antonio, TX 78283
(o) 210.299.2666
chelopez@igc.org

Clayton Thomas-Muller
Indigenous Environmental Network
PO Box 483
Bemidji, MN 56619
(o) 218.751.4967
(c) 218.760.1370

ienoil@igc.org

Curtis Muhammad
People’s Hurricane Fund & Relief Coalition & Oversight Committee

(c) 504.236.4703
curtismuhammad@hotmail.com

Diane Shamis
UP (United Progressive) for Democracy

(o)845.661.3754
Ippn.diane@earthlink.net

Pastor Eddie Hartwell
St. James Baptist Church
604 25th St
Gulfport, MS 39501
(o) 228.547.9493

Emery Wright
Project South
9 Gammon Ave
Atlanta, GA 30315
(o) 404.622.0602
emery@projectsouth.org

Genaro L. Rendon
Southwest Workers Union

PO Box 830706
San Antonio, TX 78283
(o) 210.299.2666
genaro@igc.org

Hollis Watkins
Southern Echo

PO Box 9306
Jackson, MS 39286
(o)
601.982.6400
holliswa@bellsouth.net

James (Jim) Hayes
People’s Institute

(c) 504.296.1339

Jill Johnston
Southwest Workers Union

PO Box 830706
San Antonio, TX 78283
(o) 210.299.2666

jillj@igc.org


Karlos Schmieder
SouthWest Organizing Project

211 10th St SW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(o) 505.247.8832

Karlos@swop.net

Kermit Moore
Mississippi Workers Center
213 Main St
Greenville, MS 38701
(o)
662.334.1122
k.moore@msworkerscenter.org

LaTosha Brown
Saving OurSevles Coalition

907 Ponce deleon Pl NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
Brown1133@bellsouth.net

Laura Flanders
Air America Radio

(o) 917.714.7571
(c) 212.343.2353
lflanders@aol.com

Pastor Lee Adams
Little Rock
Missionary Church

4538 Old Pass Rd
Gulfport,MS 3950
(o)
228.864.1255
leejadamsjr@aol.com

Malik Rahim
Commonground Collective

311 Atlantic Ave
New Orleans, LA
(o) 504.268.6897

commongroundrelief@gmail.com

Manuel Pino
Indigenous Environmental Network

6737 S. Lakeshore Dr
Tempe, AZ 85283
(c) 480.388.9719
Manny.pino@sccmail.maricopa.edu

Marni Rosen
Jennifer Altman Foundation

P.O. Box 29209
San Francisco, CA 94129
(o) 415.561.2188
mrosen@jaf.org

Michael Leon Guerrero
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

667 W 23rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90731
(o) 323.924.1895
michael@ggjalliance.org

Miguel Roman
SouthWest Organizing Project - Pajarito Mesa
211 10th St SW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(o) 505.247.8832

Mike Sayer
Southern Echo
PO Box 9306
Jackson, MS 39286
(o)
601.982.6400
mike@southernecho.org

Peter Knowlton
UE (United Electrical Workers) District 2

5 Hill St
Taunten, MA 02780
(c) 774.264.0110
uedistrict2@mindspring.com

Penny Fujiko-Willgerodt
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(o) 212.812.4326

pwillgerodt@rockpa.org

Roberta Avila
Interfaith Disaster Task Force

149 St. Charles Ave
Biloxi, MS 39530
(o) 228.229.8552

ravila@cableone.net

Shields Scott
Project South

9 Gammon Ave
Atlanta, GA 30315
(o) 404.622.0602
shields@scottandsonholdings.com


Steve Hollis
AFGE & St. Louis Jobs with Justice

(h) 314.869.3592
(o) 314.539.6347
(c) 314.435.9179

steven.hollis@stl.usda.gov


Tufara Waller Muhammad
Highlander Research & Education Center
1959 Highlander Way
New Market, TN

(o) 865.335.2443
Tufara@highlandercenter.org

Victoria Cintra
Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA)
PO Box 1104
Jackson, MS 39215
(o) 601.968.5182

(c) 228.234.1697
Mira_eme@yahoo.com


Vivian Felts

Saving OurSelves Coalition

(c) 251.404.4053
felts_vivian@yahoo.com


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