Quisha Reed-Jones founded the Alsen St. Irma Lee Community Village, Louisiana in 2022. She moved to Alsen the prior year to rebuild the home her husband’s great-great grandfather had built as a slave, only to find that they were downhill from the Ronaldson Field Landfill, a controversial site that was sending dangerous flood water into her yard and other properties. In response, Reed-Jones began organizing. The all-volunteer organization has been 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.
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