Colette Battle

Overview

Colette Pichon Battle Esq. is a native of Louisiana who over the past nine years has worked with local communities national funders and elected officials around equity in the post Katrina and post BP disaster Gulf Coast. In 2007 Colette received recognition from the American Bar Association and in 2008 she was awarded the U.S. Civilian Medal of Honor for the state of Louisiana both awards were for her work around multi racial cross regional alliance building in the Katrina recovery. In 2012 Colette was named an Expert of Color by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development on issues that surround the U.S. racial wealth divide. In 2014 Colette was selected for the Young Climate Justice National Fellowship based on her work with coastal communities of color. Currently Colette serves as director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP) managing programs focused on Global Migration Community Economic Development Climate Justice and Equitable Disaster Recovery. Colette also serves a lead coordinator for Gulf South Rising a regional initiative around climate justice in the South.