Alabama community demands accountability for flood damage ... - ABC News
2 days ago · Representatives of the Alabama’s Shiloh community, the Sierra Club and the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice are seen outside the headquarters of the U.S. Department of ...
Flooded Shiloh leaders make final trip to Washington for last …
2 days ago · ELBA, Ala (WDHN) –After returning home from a trip to Washington DC, Shiloh community members believe they left their mark on the US Department of Transportation leaders during their final push to get full justice as time is ticking until a new administration. “It went great. It was a lot of traveling on the road […]
Black Alabamans say highway project caused major flooding ... - ABC News
Oct 31, 2023 · Deep in rural southeastern Alabama, nestled in the nook of a highway just outside Elba, sits a tiny, close-knit community known locally as Shiloh. After generations of vibrant family life, the residents of this historically Black neighborhood fear it may not survive beyond them.
Black Alabama residents call for action as flooding crisis ... - ABC News
1 day ago · The properties of the historically Black Shiloh community in Coffee County, Alabama, have been damaged since the state widened Highway 84. ... ABC News Live Presents. ABC News Live Presents. 24:51.
Alabama community demands accountability for flood damage …
1 day ago · Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous joined the group to call for justice in Shiloh. "Their community's been turned into a drainage ditch by the Alabama Department of Transportation with U.S. Department of Transportation dollars," Jealous said. After relentless flooding and tireless advocacy, Shiloh's 150-year legacy still hangs in the ...
Flooded Shiloh family now dealing with mold, lung issues after …
Dec 27, 2024 · ELBA, Ala (WDHN) — As the Shiloh community in Elba continues to fight for justice to be made whole from flooding that has plagued the community for six years and going on seven, the community is seeing more issues such as health and plumbing issues stemming from the excess of stormwater blamed by the expansion […]
Black residents say Alabama highway project caused flooding, …
Oct 21, 2024 · Black residents say they have been dealing with flooding that damaged their homes and posed risks to their health ever since the state expanded a highway through their community in south Alabama...
Flooded Shiloh residents ask for community meeting after new …
Oct 16, 2024 · The Shiloh community has sent a letter to John Cooper, the head of the State Department of Transportation, urging a community meeting before they begin the improvements to fix flooding promised in the voluntary resolution agreement reached with the federal highway administration weeks ago.
Alabama community demands accountability for ... - Good …
2 days ago · Coverage by ABC News of flooding in Alabama’s Shiloh community is shown to faith leaders in Cleveland in December 2024. Jared Kofsky/ABC News. Related Articles ... Dr. Robert Bullard and Timothy Williams hand a petition regarding Alabama’s Shiloh community to a representative of the U.S. Department of Transportation at the agency's ...
Feds Resolve Civil Rights Complaint Brought by Rural Black Alabama ...
Oct 14, 2024 · Shiloh’s flooding crisis reveals the limitations of the civil rights complaint system in addressing infrastructure-driven environmental injustice. Timothy Williams gives a tour of his community in Shiloh, Alabama, to U.S. Department of Transportation representatives, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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