Pearlington on CNN Again

Post from Angela:

Dear All,

Thank you for your continued interest in the situation in Pearlington, Mississippi. I was just there again last month and there remains much to be done. There is still no grocery store, no school, no Post Office - no infrastructure. However, due to the press coverage, there are many volunteers doing what they can. Yet, families continue to fall through the cracks in the absence of any formal plan for Pearlington. So, the people - with the help of random volunteers - continue to fend for themselves almost 9 months after the worst disaster to hit US soil.

There are serious environmental concerns that remain, including concerns regarding the soil in which children play and the water which they drink. CNN joined me in Pearlington last month to address many environmental concerns. They taped 2 segments, one of which aired yesterday morning on American Morning with Soledad O'Brien. Given the quickly changing news cycle, I was not even aware of the air day and time until after it was shown. (I will soon have it loaded onto my website.) However, tonight, on Anderson Cooper 360, the Pearlington segment will re-air along with the other environmental segment which CNN filmed. "AC 360" is shown on CNN at 10:00 PM EST. Please watch and spread the word that the Gulf Coast is not OK. The people of Pearlington and so many other poor, rural, overlooked communities need as much of our support 9 months after the fact as they did 9 weeks after.

Continuing in Peace and Justice,

Angela

Angela J. Cole, MPH, RN

www.pearlingtonproject.org