Overview

• Mayor John Whitmire announced the permanent removal of Sade Perkins from the Houston Food Insecurity Board and confirmed she will not be reappointed following her viral TikTok.
• In the video, Perkins described Camp Mystic as an “all-white, white-only, conservative Christian camp” and claimed that Hispanic victims would receive less media attention.
• Officials report 59 confirmed fatalities, including 21 children, from the July 4 flooding that swept through the privately run Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River, with search and recovery operations still underway.
• Perkins was appointed to the advisory board by former Mayor Sylvester Turner in October 2023 and her term expired in January 2025.
• The incident has ignited debate over perceived racial bias in disaster coverage and the accountability of public officials in crisis response.