These data processing centers are creating noise pollution in rural areas of the South.
Author Archives: Victoria Bouloubasis
Posted inImmigration, Justice, North Carolina, Public Health
N.C. Latina leaders on how to strengthen community healthcare options
A recap of Southerly and Enlace Latino NC’s panel on healthy equity for Latinx populations in the state.
Posted inCOVID-19, Immigration, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health
N.C. Latinx residents on grassroots, policy solutions to the housing crisis
Southerly and Enlace Latino NC hosted a panel with residents and advocates of community-owned mobile home parks.
Posted inEconomies, Justice, North Carolina
Latinx web developers focus on rural projects through worker-owned co-op
A North Carolina truck driver turned coder uses technology as a gateway to local impact for farmworkers and other rural immigrant communities.
Posted inHousing, Land, North Carolina, Texas
Community-owned mobile parks keep eviction at bay. Can they work in North Carolina?
Although Southern states hold the largest share of manufactured housing (mobile homes) in the country, few communities are resident-owned, leaving them vulnerable to developers, and eviction.
Posted inClimate, Disaster Recovery, Immigration, North Carolina
How N.C.’s failure to translate emergency alerts inspired Latinx organizers to innovate solutions
In the absence of government support, nonprofits and community groups servicing rural Latinx communities created their own inclusive emergency preparedness response.
Posted inCOVID-19, Housing, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health
N.C. mobile home park residents forced to uproot their home, lives during eviction crisis
A community of homeowners will soon have to move from the land they’ve leased for decades—with nowhere to go.