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Climate Crisis in a Rural Community

The Resettlement of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana

Photo: CNN.com

Photo: Mintpresssnews.com

Photo: The Weather Channel, stories.weather.com/story/5931

Source: Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe

Resources• Can’t Stop the Water, a film by Jason and Rebecca Ferris

www.cantstopthewater.com • Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project Website -

www.coastalresettlement.org• Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations to Future Environments, plan by Office of

Community Development http://www.doa.la.gov/OCDDRU/NDRC/LASAFE_Report_Final.pdf

Presentation by: Gabe SchwartzmanDirector of Life Quality Initiatives Southern Mutual Help Association Southernmutualhelp.org

Photo Credits: Gabe Schwartzman, unless noted

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