" Beyond Recovery - Moving the Gulf Coast Towards a Sustainable Recovery"

Washington DC panel (02-10-11)

David Gauthe addresses the audience.

Our Covenant Members:

Allen Chapel, AME Church

Beautiful Zion Baptist Church

Clanton Chapel, UMC

Christian Church of God in Christ

Holy Rosary Catholic Church

Joy Full Gospel Ministries

Living Waters Ministries

Moses Baptist Church

Mount Zion Baptist Church

Plymouth Rock Baptist Church

Promise of Life Ministries

St. Bernadette Catholic Church

St. Genevieve Catholic Church

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

St. Joseph Catholic Co-Cathedral

St. Lawrence Catholic Church

St. Luke Baptist Church

St. Luke CatholicChurch

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church

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All along the coast young boys like Blake Lovell age 3 years old, learn from their dads and grandpas how to bring in the shrimp. They are now wondering if this will be their future. See our photos page for more of this young boy learning from his grandpa!

Congratulations!

Executive Assistant Patty Whitney has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to serve as the Coastal Communities Ambassador for the State of Louisiana to the EPA's Gulf of Mexico Program. We are sure this will be a great advantage to our local communities in addressing their concerns for the coast.

Congratulations also go out to BISCO Leader Chief Albert Naquin, Chief of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, who has been chosen as the EPA's Tribal Ambassador for the State of Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico Project as well!

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  Major BISCO Issues:

Ever since the hurricanes of 2005 and

2007, the Thibodaux group has been working on various hurricane-related issues, especially housing.

Many of our Leaders have been

directly affected by these storms and

work to address the lack of affordable housing in the area.

Coastal Land Loss has also been one

of our leading issues and this was

before the storms of the last five

years and the oil disaster of last year.

Home Owners Insurance has become

a very involved issue as we began to

work on a tri state level with

associates from Mississippi and

Alabama.

Poverty, and Homelessness continue

to exist in our communities and is an

issue close to our hearts.

Youth Development is addressed in

our BISCO Jr. group.

Oil Disaster - assisting families

affected by the oil spill has taken up

much of our time over the last year. It

continues to be an issue that many

families are dealing with on a daily

basis.

 BISCO Director Appointed

        to Address National

              Commission

Sharon Gauthe was chosen to be one of

the presenters in the Community        Impacts

panel for the National Commission on

the BP Deepwater HorizonOil Spill and

Offshore  Drilling. This Commission

was created by President Barack

Obama, and is composed of seven

members.

The Commission held it's first public

meeting, at the Hilton Riverside Hotel,

2 Poydras St., in New Orleans.

Members of the panel include

Commission members Donald Boesch,

president of the University of Maryland

Center for Environmental Science,

 Frances Ulmer, chancellor of the

University of Alaska nchorage,  Frances

Beinecke, president of the Natural

Resources Defense Council,

Terry Garcia, an executive vice

president at the National Geographic

Society, Cherry Murray, dean of the

Harvard School of Engineering and

Applied Sciences and U.S. Sens.

Bob Graham and William Reilly.

Mrs. Gauthe is honored to represent the

communities of Lafourche, Terrebonne

and Grand Isle and is anxious to put the

issues experienced by the fishermen and

businessesas well as non-profits

on the table for the panel to have an

understanding of the communities

impacts from the ground level. 

BISCO has held thirteen community

meetings in the three parishes with an

attendance of over 1200 persons

in attendance and also providied case

management services for Catholic

Charities on Grand Is le.