{"id":681,"date":"2014-04-11T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/?p=681"},"modified":"2014-04-11T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T17:38:02","slug":"come-hell-high-water-celebration-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leahmahan.com\/comehellorhighwater\/2014\/04\/11\/come-hell-high-water-celebration-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Hell or High Water celebration in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t
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\u201c<\/b>Turkey Creek is emblematic of so much of what is going on in the world right now, and that part of our country. These communities are not supposed to be considered resilient. These communities were not supposed to survive, but they\u2019ve survived. And the solutions that they\u2019re coming up with are the solutions that we all really need to pay attention to and lift up.\u201d \u2013 Leslie Fields, Sierra Club director of Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships, speaking at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation\u2019s Capital<\/b><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t

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On March 30, 2014, the film screened to a packed theater at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation\u2019s Capital. Journalist Brentin Mock moderated a discussion with Leslie Fields (Sierra Club director of Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships), Derrick Evans (Turkey Creek), Leah Mahan (filmmaker) and Reilly Morse (director of Mississippi Center for Justice). The audience included people from many sectors who have contributed to the work in Turkey Creek and the Gulf region. Highlights from the panel discussion are on the newly redesigned Bridge The Gulf <\/a>website.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t

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