After attracting some 57 U.S. Senators and 146 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to visit New Orleans and witness our progress and challenges for themselves, Women of the Storm has focused its collective energies on coastal restoration. On the eve of the New Orleans Saints’ first Super Bowl appear, we delivered some 700 colorful miniature footballs to all members of Congress as well as the Obama administration and journalists. The six-inch footballs, imprinted with the message that one football field-sized parcel of land is lost every hour, are accompanied by a card imploring “Be a Saint! Save Our Coast! Invest in America’s Future!”

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Vice President Biden greets Women of the Storm members Becky Currence, Pamela Pipes and Naydja Bynum at the St. Bernard Recreation Center in January.

Assuring a welcoming crowd at the St. Bernard Recreation Center that “this administration has a commitment to getting it right,”, Vice President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on January 15. “I live in a coastal zone state,” said the former senator from Delaware. “I understand about wetlands. I support and I have supported Sen. Mary Landrieu’s initiatives in this area.” Sen. Landrieu added that “securing our coast and reuidling levees is the number one priority for us. If that is not done with some urgency, the rest will be for naught.” Read more about the vice-president’s visit »

One-third of the nation’s supply of oil and natural gas is produced from Louisiana offshore waters and 70% crosses our coast. One-third of the nation’s seafood comes from Louisiana; the port system in South Louisiana is the largest in the nation. Coastal restoration is essential for the wellbeing of all American citizens!

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Learn more about the importance of saving America’s Wetland!

• Women of the Storm Coverage Archive 
• The Platform for Coastal Louisiana
• The 11 Lines of Coastal Defense
• Map of the Vanishing Coastline

Irma Thomas performed at Storm Warning: Last Stand for America's WETLAND concert on May 31, where she was formally inducted into Women of the Storm. "We must rebuild the marshes. Without marshes to protect us, we're going to be in a lot of trouble here in New Orleans," said Thomas, whose eastern New Orleans home and Broad Street club were flooded in Katrina. Click here to read the blog entry »

Anne Milling and Rockin’ Dopsie, who performed at the Storm Warnings 4 event	Irma Thomas and Women of the Storm	Women of the Storm members throw the crowd footballs drawing attention to coastal land loss.

Women of the Storm is a non-partisan non-political alliance of Louisiana women whose families, businesses and lives were affected by Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita. Members are culturally, socially and economically diverse.  Bound by their passion for their communities, Women of the Storm educate elected leadership and media and opinion leaders about the urgent needs of the areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for safe and secure neighborhoods and communities, including commiment of federal funds for restoration of our vanishing coast. The group offers educational tours, data and personal stories about families whose lives have been forever altered by the 2005 hurricane season; some 57 U.S. Senators and 149 member of the U.S. House of Representatives have visited to see post-hurricane Louisiana firsthand. Read what media are saying. Learn more about Women of the storm.