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I’m writing mainly for the residents of Cahokia Heights, Illinois so that their voices and experiences with the water crisis can be heard. Many people outside of the community included me do not really see or not aware how serious and long lasting this problem is. By focusing on residents my goal is to spread awareness and help others better understand how unsafe water has affected their daily lives. Keeping this audience in mind will guide my revisions because I need to think about how the residents feel and what information matters most to them.
I plan to look at more secondary sources to strengthen my research. More news articles, interviews with residents, and public records or archives that explain how the water crisis started and how it has continued over time. Using these sources will help me add more facts, examples, and real stories to support my ideas. I also want to learn more about what the state and local government are doing to fix the problem and whether their actions have been effective.
I want to polish my website page so that every section has a clear purpose and answers the questions I asked. These questions i asked and want to answer is “how long the water crisis has been going on, how it has affected the health and trust of residents, and what steps are being taken to solve the issue?”. I hope my website page helps give Cahokia Heights residents the attention and support they deserve.
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For my research project on Cahokia Heights water crisis I want my website page and research to reach the people who are living through it and the people who have the power to fix it. The most important audience to me is the residents of Cahokia Height. They deal with the flooding, sewage problems , unsafe water and poor houses everyday. They are often ignored so i wanted to share their experiences and make sure they are being notice and heard. I also want my work to reach the government, public health workers and organizations that can help bring money, resources and a long term solution to fix the problem. I want more people in the world to learn about this issue to show others in different cities that have no idea that this is an issue.
The stakeholders are the residents, city officials, state governments agencies and groups that focus on environmental justice. Cahokia Heights is a low-income, mostly Black community and because of this the problem hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves which led it to be a problem for over 50 years. This should shape my work by me going deeper not just looking at this as water crisis but a social justice and equality problem.
My research will focus on how long this problem been happening, what the government been doing to fix or not doing, and how does these conditions affects the residents everyday life . By focusing on the residents experiences and connecting them to bigger problems I believe my work can bring more attention to Cahokia Heights.
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