Wanda Gordils is the Director for the League of Latin American Citizens, the oldest surviving Latino Civil rights organization in the U.S., in Indiana. She is also the chairperson for the distribution of water with the Community Strategy Group to the residents of the contaminated zones in East Chicago, something that began in her home after the discovery that lead was leeching into the city's drinking water from lead service lines. After going door to door distributing water, the donations from neighboring cities and various groups, exceeded her storage capacity and distribution needed a different strategy. The group began to house water in a warehouse and partnered with churches throughout the city to help distribute water. “All our neighboring cities have distributed water. So we are blessed because we have never been without water, we’ve been with a little bit of water but at the last minute here come all the pallets [of water].” #photojournalism #portraits #makeportraits #eastchicago #water #watercontamination #lead #environmentaljustice #onassignment for @news21 #troubledwater
