Demand
The GCCWP demands the passage of House Resolution (HR) 4048, a student-inspired recovery bill that would create a minimum of 100,000 prevailing wage jobs and training opportunities for local and displaced Gulf Coast workers on projects reinvesting in infrastructure and restoring the coastal environment utilizing emerging green building technologies at the cost of $6 Billion.
Target
President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congress member George Miller, Chair, Labor and Education Committee
Status: Lost
March 21, 2025 — After a four-year response to Hurricane Katrina, and numerous campaign actions, students and their allies of over 100 organization, lost this campaign. It should be noted that HR 4048 was re-introduced in the next Congressional session as HR 2269.
Course
Juton Myers
African and African American Studies& English
George Mason University
Flyers
Resources
Photos/Videos
2nd Anniversary: March
National Post-Katrina College Summit: Toxic Fema Trailer to SJSU
PSA created by a student
SRE Productions:
- Dillard Conference: “Rebuild America, Rebuild the Gulf Coast”
- Louisiana Winter 2:
- Another organization created:
Press
Kick-Off Event
Return from Louisiana Winter 2:
- Presented at Congress: