Below is a partial list of resources providing more information or activist opportunities on the Gulf Coast. Please contact them directly at the locations listed.

ACORN
1024 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117; www.acorn.org
Organizes New Orleaneans to rebuild their city on their own terms.

Advocates For Environmental Human Rights
650 Poydras Street, Suite 2523, New Orleans, LA 70130; www.ehumanrights.org
A nonprofit, public interest law firm whose mission is to provide legal services, community organizing support, public education, and campaigns focused on defending and advancing the human right to a healthy environment, and advocating for the human rights of internally displaced Gulf Coast hurricane survivors.

Color of Change
www.colorofchange.org
Works to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone.
Common Ground Relief
c/o Community Futures Collective, 221 Idora Vallejo, California 94591; www.commongroundrelief.org
Provides short-term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area.

Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch
PO Box 531, Durham, NC 27702
http://southernstudies.org/gulfwatch
A project of the Institute for Southern Studies, GCRW documents and investigates the rebuilding of the Southern Gulf.

Gulf Restoration Network
338 Baronne Street, Suite 200, New Orleans, LA 70112; www.healthygulf.org
A network of citizens’ groups and individuals committed to restoring the Gulf Region to an ecologically and biologically sustainable condition.

Hands On Gulf Coast
2113 Pass Road, Biloxi, MS 39531; www.handsongulfcoast.org
Seeks to rebuild and revitalize coastal Mississippi through the involvement of volunteers in community-based projects.

Katrina Information Network
c/o The Praxis Project, 1750 Columbia Rd NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20009
www.katrinaaction.org
A collaboration of groups in the Gulf and across the country building power for change through e-advocacy, grassroots pressure, local actions, resolutions and selective buying.

KatrinaRitaVille Express: FEMA Trailer Tour; www.krvexpress.org
Coordinates a tour of two FEMA trailers throughout the US to raise awareness of the ongoing nature of the crisis in the Gulf Coast, and the continued lack of coherent government action.
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
445 North Sixth Street, Suite 200, Baton Rouge, LA 70801; www.louisianahelp.org Provide resources for the relief, recovery, and betterment of Louisiana’s people and communities.

Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN)
PO Box 66323, Baton Rouge, LA 70896
http://leanweb.org
Works to make safer, healthier communities throughout the state.

Oxfam America
226 Causeway St., 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02114; www.oxfamamerica.org
Work with local organizations in Louisiana and Mississippi to help some of the most vulnerable coastal residents with their recovery.

People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition
1418 N. Claiborne, Suite 2, New Orleans, LA 70116; www.peopleshurricane.org
Works to build a mass movement to ensure that the civil and human rights of all Gulf Coast residents are respected.

Steps Coalition of Southern Mississippi
PO Box 2361, Gulfport, MS 39505
www.stepscoalition.org
Promotes an equitable recovery and healthy, just, and sustainable communities in South Mississippi.