Quisha Reed-Jones founded the Alsen St. Irma Lee Community Village in Louisiana in 2022. She moved to Alsen the previous year to rebuild the home her husband’s great-great-grandfather had built while enslaved, only to find that they were downhill from the Ronaldson Field Landfill, a controversial site that was sending dangerous floodwaters into her yard and other properties. In response, Reed-Jones began organizing. The all-volunteer organization is committed to improving the quality of life in Alsen while fighting for buyouts that would allow Alsen families to rent their properties to industrial operations while retaining ownership rights.