National People's
... these issues caused lots of pollution in our neighborhood, and literal washing away of much of our neighborhood, but for many of us who are still there, we are deeply rooted - deeply rooted in memory, love and what we want to see happen.
We’ve started acquiring land and buildings in our own neighborhood to build truly autonomous, resilient spaces … where we can organize, gather, grow food, store resources and really plan for our neighborhood and our community’s future on our own.
The Clean Water and Air Acts mean nothing here. We are all drinking and bathing in contaminated water, and we are all breathing toxic air particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds.
My experience so far tells me that there is great untapped value in a citizens-to-citizens movement, people-to-people, neighbor-to-neighbor.
The school that I worked at had contaminated water. The neighborhood that I lived in had contaminated water.
I now have cancer … but I still stand here for the fight. I turned into an accidental activist. I tell people about these issues, because you need to know. You're drinking it. You're eating it!
Forward together - not one step back!
