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This week, the Biden administration is kicking off its ‘Investing in America’ tour highlighting recent investments across the country. As an environmental justice advocate in Southwest Detroit, I am used to being forgotten by policymakers at the top. Investments never trickle down and elected officials rarely enter our communities. But for the first time in a long time, an administration is finally investing in historically disadvantaged communities.
Southwest Detroit has a kind of magic to it. We are an incredibly giving community where neighbors help one another. We are deeply proud of our community and the diverse cultures that comprise it. It’s part of what made me fall in love with my home when my son and I moved here into a small home in 2016. But this amazing community also sits in the middle of a toxic soup of industry.
The above excerpt was originally published in The 'Gander.
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