Posts tagged covid-19

A Clergyman Who Spoke the Words ’Domestic Violence’ Publicly

On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Stacey Riley is CEO of the Gulf Coast Center for NonViolence Inc. The nonprofit center is the largest program for victims of domestic violence in Mississippi: It runs a shelter in Biloxi, which houses up to 44, and another in Pascagoula with 16 beds.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellDecember 15, 2020Black women, black victims, sexual assault, Gulf Coast Center for NonViolence, domestic violence, Stacey Riley, covid-19, Violence against women act, shelters, Iman Abdul-Mu'Min, Biloxi Islamic Center, clergy, Mississippi

Environmental Justice Means Clean Water and Safety from Floods

Before I left New York City to work at MCIR for six months, a documentarian told me about visiting a festival in Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta, some years ago. The organizers had advised her not to drink the water, and she wasn’t surprised when she saw it was bright yellow.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellSeptember 1, 2020Clarksdale, covid-19, water pollution, drinking water, water alerts, Pearl river, Come Hell or High Water, Hurricane Katrina, Turkey Creek