{"id":38,"date":"2014-02-12T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2021-03-31T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:27:46","slug":"discussion-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/learn-act\/discussion-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad57df\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span12 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>We continue to build on these Teaching Resources for <em>Come Hell or High Water<\/em>. You will find here a <strong>Teacher&#8217;s Guide<\/strong> developed at the Yale Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, <strong>profiles of impact<\/strong> about how the film has been used to promote dialogue from North Carolina to Indonesia, <strong>panel discussions and presentations<\/strong> with Derrick Evans and others, <strong>webisodes and podcasts<\/strong> about Turkey Creek, <strong>an article in Rethinking Schools<\/strong> by a history teacher at Gulfport High School whose students do field studies in Turkey Creek, a <strong>bibliography<\/strong> of articles about Turkey Creek, a copy of the Turkey Creek <strong>community plan<\/strong> and links to organizations involved, <strong>personal essays<\/strong> by Derrick Evans and Reilly Morse, and a 5-minute <strong>video extra<\/strong> about environmental justice issues in Turkey Creek.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad5983\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span12 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nectar-social\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='icon-facebook'><\/i> <span class='count'><\/span><\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='icon-twitter'><\/i> <span class='count'><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad59fb\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span8 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>TEACHER&#8217;S GUIDE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Global Environmental Justice Documentaries<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docuseek2.com\/cart\/gej\/gj-009a\">Teacher&#8217;s Guide<\/a> curated by Amity Doolittle, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The importance of Come High or Hell Water lives in its ability to draw connections between civil rights and responsible urban development, environmental conservation, and environmental disaster relief and recovery. The film highlights the personal experiences of local grassroots activists, including their respective strategies for working toward justice in the Turkey Creek community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SUGGESTED SUBJECT AREAS:<br \/>\nActivism<br \/>\nAfrican-American Studies<br \/>\nDemocracy<br \/>\nEnvironmental Justice<br \/>\nNorth American Studies<br \/>\nOceans and Coasts<br \/>\nRace and Racism<br \/>\nSociology<br \/>\nWetlands<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bullfrog Films<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/bullfrogfilms\/pages\/1636\/attachments\/original\/1564685781\/chow_discussionguide.pdf?1564685781\">Community Screening and Discussion Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad5a75\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span12 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad5ab6\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span8 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES<\/h2>\n<p><strong>America Reframed \u2013 Come Hell or High Water Excerpts (2015):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericaReFramed\/videos\/949431428447831\/\">One-minute clip<\/a> from the film shows Derrick Evans talking to his middle school classroom in Boston about the importance of saving his coastal Mississippi community of Turkey Creek, in the face of natural disasters and encroaching development, and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericaReFramed\/videos\/949477585109882\/\">30-second clip<\/a> shows a radio show broadcast from the creek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>America ReFramed &#8211; Webisode Discussion (2014) <\/strong>: Series host and moderator Natasha Del Toro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hLY7cU7YuTI\">interviews<\/a> <em>Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek<\/em> subject Derrick Evans and journalist Brentin Mock (CityLab, Grist).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Republic &#8211; Podcast and Feature Article (2015)<\/strong>: Jamil Smith, Senior Editor at The New Republic, interviewed Derrick Evans, journalist Brentin Mock (CityLab, Grist) and Jacqui Patterson (Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program) for a podcast titled <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/122597\/intersection-episode-3-its-not-mother-nature-whos-racist\"> It&#8217;s Not Mother Nature Who&#8217;s Racist <\/a>. Derrick Evans, Rose Johnson and others were interviewed for an article titled <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/122131\/after-deluge-building-climate-justice-wreckage-katrina\">After the Deluge: Building Climate Justice from the Wreckage of Hurricane Katrina<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABC News \u2013 Webisode (2015) <\/strong>: Five-minute video titled <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/fullpage\/turkey-creek-surviving-storm-33139635\">Turkey Creek: Surviving the Storm<\/a>, featuring interviews with people in Turkey Creek and footage from <em>Come Hell or High Water<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Interest Environmental Law Conference &#8211; Keynote Address (2015)<\/strong>: Derrick Evans spoke about the use of environmental law in the work to save Turkey Creek. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pielcuo\/videos\/822795281122749\/?fref=nf\">excerpt<\/a> was shared and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ez8WnJtlpCQ\">full address<\/a> is also available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cornell University Africana Forum on Environmental Justice &#8211; Panel Discussion (2015)<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mywXlhkA24\">Video<\/a> of discussion with Leslie Fields (Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships Director, Sierra Club) and Kenneth L. Robinson (Associate Professor and Community Development Specialist at Clemson University).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environmental Film Festival in the Nation&#8217;s Capital &#8211; Panel Discussion (2014):<\/strong>: Journalist Brentin Mock moderated a discussion with Derrick Evans, Leslie Fields (Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships Director, Sierra Club), Reilly Morse (Mississippi Center for Justice, Director) and filmmaker Leah Mahan. Highlights from that discussion are on Bridge The Gulf: <a href=\"http:\/\/bridgethegulfproject.org\/blog\/2014\/come-hell-or-high-water-discussion-dc\">Come Hell or High Water discussion in D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>State of the Reunion &#8211; Podcast (2011)<\/strong>: Host Al Letson takes listeners on a trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for \u201can hour of stories about the fight for the natural world\u201d in this program for PRX and NPR titled <a href=\" http:\/\/stateofthereunion.com\/mississippi-gulf-coast-defending-the-gulf\/\">Mississippi Gulf Coast: Defending the Gulf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_span4 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9-DCEFF-panel_Bruce-Guthrie-panel-2014.jpg\" class=\"pp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation\" data-delay=\"0\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9-DCEFF-panel_Bruce-Guthrie-panel-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Deborah-Menkart-DCEFF_Bruce-Guthrie-photo-2014.jpg\" class=\"pp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation\" data-delay=\"0\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Deborah-Menkart-DCEFF_Bruce-Guthrie-photo-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad5d68\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span12 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>PROFILES OF IMPACT<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Indonesia<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/americanfilmshowcase.com\/leah-mahans-reflections-on-indonesia\/\">American Film Showcase: \u201cLeah Mahan\u2019s Reflections on Indonesia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/socal\/departures\/710-corridor\/from-mississippi-to-california-communities-interlink-in-come-hell-or-high-water.html\">KECT: \u201cFrom Mississippi to California, Communities Interlink with Come Hell or High Water\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Madagascar<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundance.org\/blogs\/program-spotlight\/how-a-convening-in-utah-can-spark-ecological-change-8-000-miles-away\">Sundance\/Skoll Stories of Change: \u201cHow a convening in Utah can spark ecological change 8,000 miles away\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Carolina<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/orangestatic.com\/workingfilms\/come-hell-or-high-water-the-battle-for-turkey-creek-an-organizing-tool-for-environmental-justice-in-the-south\/\"> Working Films: \u201cAn Organizing Tool for Environmental Justice in the South\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/2015\/03\/05\/north-carolina-environmental-justice-film-tour-getting-engaged\/\u201c\">&#8220;NC Environmental Justice Film Tour \u2013 From Witness To Action\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad5ddf\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span8 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Classroom Case Study<\/strong>. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethinkingschools.org\/\">Rethinking Schools<\/a>, a teacher from Gulfport, Mississippi describes the field work his high school students have done in Turkey Creek.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hardy Thames, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Thames_Rethinking-Schools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Looking for Justice at Turkey Creek<\/a>,\u201d Rethinking Schools (Winter 2013\/2014) [PDF]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bibliography<\/strong>. A web search will turn up many articles about Turkey Creek. Here are a few to start with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frances Beinecke, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/switchboard.nrdc.org\/blogs\/fbeinecke\/derrick_evans_squinted_into_th.html\">Voice Off the Bayou<\/a>,\u201d NRDC Switchboard (May 10, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethinkingschools.org\/proddetails.asp?ID=9780942961577\">A People&#8217;s Curriculum for the Earth<br \/>\nTeaching Climate Change and the Environmental Crisis<\/a>,\u201d Rethinking Schools (2014)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Rachel Cleetus, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/rachel-cleetus\/climate-equity-building-resilience-for-communities-on-the-front-lines-of-climate-change-970\" target=\"_blank\"> Climate Equity: Building Resilience for Communities on the Frontlines of Climate Change <\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Union of Concerned Scientists (November 19, 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Jelani Cobb, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\" http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/08\/24\/race-and-the-storm\" target=\"_blank\"> Race and the Storm <\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> The New Yorker (August 24, 2015). This article does not specifically mention Turkey Creek, but the thesis is very relevant: \u201cKatrina didn\u2019t usher in a new narrative about race in America as much as it confirmed an old one.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> DeNeen L. Brown, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2015\/08\/27\/turkey-creek-miss-the-town-where-nobody-died-in-katrina\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Turkey Creek, Miss., the town where nobody died in Katrina <\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Washington Post (August 27, 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Trang Pham-Bui, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlox.com\/story\/30542660\/harrison-co-students-work-with-epa-scientists-to-study-turkey-creek\" target=\"_blank\"> Harrison Co. students work with EPA scientists to study Turkey Creek <\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> WLOX (November 17, 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">April Hendricks Killcreas, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mississippilawjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/15-Killcreas_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> The Power of Community Action: Environmental Justice and Participatory Democracy in Mississippi<\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Mississippi Law Journal (VOL. 81:4) [PDF] )<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Katrina Lashley, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\"\u201chttp:\/\/cdi.anacostia.si.edu\/2015\/04\/07\/on-becoming-trusted-partners\/&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;\"> On Becoming Trusted Partners<\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Anacostia Community Museum (April 7, 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Elizabeth Mehren, \u201c<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2005\/oct\/02\/nation\/na-turkeycreek2\">After Hurricane, Eyes on Historic Area<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">,\u201d Los Angeles Times (October 2, 2005)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Trisha Miller,\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhi.org\/online\/issues\/142\/muddywaters.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crossing Muddy Waters: The Struggle to Preserve a Historic Neighborhood Along Mississippi&#8217;s Gulf Coast<\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0Shelterforce (July\/August 2005)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Brentin Mock, <\/span>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/greens-who-want-results-should-take-lessons-from-the-grassroots\/ \" target=\"_blank\"> Greens Who Want Results Should Take Lessons from the Grassroots <\/a>,\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\"> Grist (January 22, 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Reilly Morse, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyerscommittee.org\/admin\/fair_housing\/documents\/files\/morse.article.8.31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Come On In This House: Advancing Social Equity in Post-Katrina Mississippi<\/a>,\u201d Brookings Institution (2011)<\/li>\n<li>Reilly Morse, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jointcenter.org\/hpi\/sites\/all\/files\/EnvironmentalJustice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Justice Through the Eye of Hurricane Katrina<\/a>,\u201d Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (2008)<\/li>\n<li>R.L. Nave, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonfreepress.com\/news\/2014\/jul\/02\/drilling-ruling-another-win-gulf-boosters\/\">Drilling Ruling Another Win for Gulf Boosters<\/a>,&#8221; Jackson Free Press (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Campbell Robertson, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/16\/us\/16mississippi.html?_r=0\">Katrina Victims in Mississippi Get More Aid<\/a>,&#8221; New York Times (November 15, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Noah C. Shaw and Joseph D. Rich, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyerscommittee.org\/admin\/fair_housing\/documents\/files\/clearing-house-article.pdf\">Justice Crosses the Tracks: Settlement Brings Katrina Funds to Low-Income Mississippi Residents<\/a>,&#8221; Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (May-June 2011)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Rand Wentworth, \u201c<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.landtrustalliance.org\/about\/saving-land\/winter-2014\/president-column\" target=\"_blank\">A Time of Change and Innovation<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">,\u201d Saving Land (Winter 2014)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Mia White, &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/msmagazine.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/black-herstory-ms-rose-johnson-of-turkey-creek-mississippi\/\">Black Herstory: Ms. Rose Johnson of Turkey Creek, Mississippi<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">,&#8221; Ms. Magazine (February 17, 2012)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Brian Winter, \u201c<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/environment\/2010-04-19-earth-day_N.htm?csp=usat.me\">For Them, Earth Day Was Late In Coming<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">,\u201d USA TODAY (April 20, 2010)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_span4 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14_Turkey-Creek_2010_\u00a9Leah-Mahan1.jpg\" class=\"pp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation\" data-delay=\"0\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14_Turkey-Creek_2010_\u00a9Leah-Mahan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gulfport-map.png\" class=\"pp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation\" data-delay=\"0\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gulfport-map.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad600e\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark \">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span12 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad609a\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_span8 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>TURKEY CREEK COMMUNITY PLAN<\/h2>\n<p>There is a scene in\u00a0<i>Come Hell or High Water<\/i>\u00a0after Hurricane Katrina when community residents are gathered outside the battered home of Derrick Evan&#8217;s great-grandfather, beginning to dream up ideas about how the community should be revitalized. This is the result of those discussions, created with the help of urban and environmental planners at MIG, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Download The Community Plan PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/docs\/F11_08-26_CommunityPlan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"icon-tiny icon-download-alt accent-color\"><\/i>\u00a0Download full PDF (22mb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The work to protect and revitalize the Turkey Creek community and watershed has been carried out by a multitude of individuals, organizations and agencies working in collaboration, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pascagoulariver.audubon.org\/audubon-and-turkey-creek\">Audubon Society, Pascagoula River Audubon Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltmcp.org\/watershed-partnerships\/turkey-creek-watershed-partnership\/\">Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawyerscommittee.org\/admin\/environmental_justice\/documents\/files\/0001.pdf\">Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jointcenter.org\/hpi\/sites\/all\/files\/EnvironmentalJustice.pdf\">Mississippi Center for Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savemyplacems.com\/listing\/turkey-creek\/\">Mississippi Department of Archives and History<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi Department of Transportation, District 6<\/li>\n<li>Mississippi Museum of Natural Science<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtpleasantumc-gulfport.org\/\">Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtpleasantumc-gulfport.org\/\">North Gulfport Community Land Trust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sierraclub.typepad.com\/scrapbook\/2012\/03\/environmental-justice-activist-rose-johnson-featured-in-ms-magazine.html\">Sierra Club, Mississippi Chapter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepscoalition.org\/?page_id=203\">Steps Coalition<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Turkey Creek Community Initiatives<\/li>\n<li>University of Southern Mississippi<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_span4 wpb_column column_container col\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/29_Turkey-Creek_2005_\u00a9Lolita-Parker-Jr1.jpg\" class=\"pp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation\" data-delay=\"0\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/29_Turkey-Creek_2005_\u00a9Lolita-Parker-Jr1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/community-plan-snapshot.jpg\" class=\"pp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation\" data-delay=\"0\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/community-plan-snapshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"fws_69e9becad62b9\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid standard_section   \" style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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The site has been undergoing a cleanup for decades to protect the community from harmful chemicals. 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