Resilient Gulf News
Local Leaders Build Capacity to Strengthen and Coordinate Resilience in Coastal Louisiana Parishes
The first ever cohort of Southeastern Louisiana Disaster Resilience Leadership Fellows complete inaugural Executive Leadership Training, “Planning For Resilient Gulf Communities,” a five-day workshop led by Tulane University and supported by the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) to help coastal communities improve resilience to future disasters.Learn more »Planning for Resilient Communities: Coastal Louisiana Leaders Gather to Kick-Off Executive Leadership Training
Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy is hosting the “Planning for Resilient Communities” Executive Leadership Training for a newly formed cohort of Southeastern Louisiana Disaster Resilient Leadership Fellows in a five day workshop from November 14-18th. The fellowship program is supported by the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC), a multidisciplinary consortium funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) to provide communities with solutions to build social, economic, and public health resilience to catastrophic oil spills.Learn more »
CRGC Team Members Participate in Seminar on Building Resilient Communities
Melissa Finucane, Director of CRGC, and Janel Lowman, fellow CRGC team member, participated as panelists at The Gulf Region Sea Grant programs’ oil spill science seminar, Building resilient communities: Lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
CRGC Featured In GoMRI’s Summer 2016 Newsletter
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) features the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) as it’s cover story in its Summer 2016 Newsletter. Learn more »
Assessing Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Families and Children
GoMRI recently awarded Tim Slack, a member of CRGC’s LSU team, a grant to continue impact assessments of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on families and their children. This research is a follow on from the National Center for Disaster Preparedness’ 2010 survey of households in highly-affected Louisiana areas to track the health and social impacts of the spill as well as the subsequent studies in 2014, which revealed that physical and mental distress resulting from the spill still persisted, with over 15% of respondents reporting no perceived recovery of their household or community.
CRGC Holds All-Hands Meeting In Alabama, Tours Local Businesses in Bayou La Batre
With team members spread across not only the Gulf States region, but also the entire U.S., CRGC recently held an “all-hands” meeting in Alabama to bring together its research staff, students, advisors, and community partners. The group also had the opportunity to tour local businesses in Bayou La Batre, AL.
Ten Outstanding Education Products Six Years After Deepwater Horizon
GoMRI researchers have developed ten products and resources to share how they are preparing the next generation of scientists for future spill research.
CRGC Appoints Alabama Stakeholder Advisory Committee
A new stakeholder advisory committee will provide CRGC researchers with diverse perspectives on the environmental, public health, social, economic, legal, and cultural landscapes of Bayou La Batre, AL, and will provide feedback and make recommendations about the existing and planned activities of the CRGC.
Publications Answer Questions About Dispersants Used During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Over the past year and a half, the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant oil spill outreach team has talked with more than 1,000 people along the Gulf Coast. They’ve asked them what questions they have about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and what comes up over and over again? DISPERSANTS.
Rita Colwell to Receive the NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Rita Colwell, chair of the GoMRI Research Board, as the 2016 National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.