Derrick Evans Headlines MSSC and EEECHO Joint Event
The Mississippi Sound Coalition (MSSC) and the EEECHO Organization (Education, Environment, Economics, Climate and Health) held a joint event at the Almanett in Gulfport, Mississippi on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. The event featured guest speaker Derrick Evans, a Gulfport native who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston University and founded the Yaryan-Phoenix Museum in the Turkey Creek Community and is headquarters to his Turkey Creek Community Initiatives organization.
The event featured food, a live music introduction and a panel discussion with leaders from MSSC, EEECHO, Mr. Evans and others. See a gallery below of photos from the event.
About Mississippi Sound Coalition (MSSC)
The Mississippi Sound Coalition (MSSC) desires to restore and protect the Mississippi Sound estuary and the economy and way of life that depend on it. Its efforts are focused on causing changes in public policies at national, state and local levels to prevent further damage from the polluted water of the Mississippi River that is released periodically by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Louisiana and intrudes into the Mississippi Sound. MSSC also focuses on other threats to the Sound such as the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project, also in Louisiana. The Coalition provides public education on the subject, and, if necessary, engages in litigation. Members of the Coalition include Harrison County, Hancock County, the Mississippi cities of Biloxi, D’Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach, Pass Christian, Diamondhead, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Pascagoula, the Mississippi Hotel & Lodging Association, and the Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United.
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