In 2018 Sharon Lavigne was just an every-day special education teacher at St. James High School who was tired of the foul odors in her St. James Parish neighborhood when she decided to make the leap to environmental justice advocate. When my daughter told me that a $1.2 billion plant might be built two miles […]
Rise St. James President Sharon Lavigne, winner of the 2020 Goldman Prize, recently wrote a poignant letter to President Joe Biden requesting an in-person meeting this week. She talked frankly about what a home means, not just in terms of brick and mortar, but of the toil and sacrifice that goes into creating it and […]
Residents of Louisiana are intimately familiar with the annoying Formosan termite, but now theres a new pest by the name of Formosa. Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), a petrochemical company, has plans to build a new facility in St. James Parish, a parish at the heart of Cancer Alley.” The community is predominantly Black and incredibly […]
On April 8, the New Orleans City Council will consider Resolution 92 by Councilwomen Kristin Palmer and Cyndi Nguyen which opposes the construction of Formosa Plastics along the Mississippi River in St. James Parish. Of course, the complex is not being built in New Orleans, its being constructed in St. James, so why should the […]
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