Historic Black community fights military project on Coast land fouled by arsenic, lead
Sun Herald, February 8, 2021
“It’s sort of a never-ending struggle. I’ve told my clients as long as the city has this land zoned industrial, they’re going to be at risk. There’s a chance this project can be defeated, but another project will be coming along. There’s nothing to stop the next permit application.” — attorney Desiree Hensley
Black Community Wants to Fight Road Plan. Can Biden Help?
Sun Herald, February 6, 2021
“That road is going to destroy quite a bit of valuable wetlands,” said Kathy Egland, who lives in Gulfport and co-founded of the Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization.
Work begins on restoration of Turkey Creek landmark
WLOX, May 1, 2020
“This is a special place. It has lots of history involved with the property, and the owner Derrick Evans purchased it after Hurricane Katrina to preserve that history,” said Judy Steckler, executive director of the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain.
Gulfport loses an environmental justice champion who was nationally recognized
Sun Herald, APRIL 20, 2020
“Champion of environmental justice Rose Fairley Johnson of North Gulfport has passed away.”
‘A glorious past and a glorious future:’ Turkey Creek community works to restore historic school building
June 15, 2019
“For over a hundred years, this is where all the schools that served the African American communities in Harrison County were built, here on Grandma Benton’s land … she bought it out of slavery,” said Derrick Evans
