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Mikki K. Harris

Deondre Cox and Maverick Weatherhead haul debris with retired U.S. military veteran Mike Harris on Barbuda in January of 2018. Harris and Sean Charles led the grass-roots initiative, RebuildBarbuda, to unite Barbudans to help clean up and rebuild after the storm.

Children jump off the wharf into the Codrington Lagoon in Barbuda. Barbudans have participated in activities and built a fishing industry that allows the protected spaces along the coast and within the lagoon to thrive.

In the eastern Caribbean, Barbuda is in a fight to preserve its land, culture, and way of life as developers seize land to turn the small island into a tourist destination.

Codrington Village sits adjacent to the Codrington Lagoon in Barbuda. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in September 2017, the Antigua and Barbuda government repealed the Barbuda Land Act, changing the definition of who is Barbudan, stripping Barbudans of communal land rights, and paving the way for major development.