Jacqui Patterson

NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program

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Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program

Jacqui Patterson on KCRW

Massive flooding that began last week near Baton Rouge is now being compared to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005.

Southern Louisiana: Under Water Again...

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