Mississippi Mud Campaign™

The Idea

Interacting with and educating the local community with multiple initiatives. 1. Monthly News Worthy Beach Parties – Centered around ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies on the very beaches that were covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. 2.August to December 2012 6 Month Symposium of the Screening the 5 minute video entitled “Connecting the Dots” provided by 350.org. followed by open discussion (These events will be recorded). These events will be held in public libraries, schools, colleges, and business conference rooms in the local Gulf Coast Community. Event recordings will be posted on the internet and social media sites and will be emailed to an audience of interested residents. 3. Recording of a short film entitled “Mississippi Mud™” – Documentary style short film about local residents, personal stories of hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill victims and their feelings about fossil fuel subsidies, extreme weather, and climate change.

Biloxi, MS - Within the last decade, the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been hit hard by two disasters that have devastated lives, local economies, and the natural eco-system here. These events were Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

August 1, 2012 to December 1, 2012

By educating the public about the facts/ science behind climate change, the issue cannot be denied.

Is your project a new idea, or was it initiated after November 2011?: New Idea

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