![]() Muck City BLM “represents goodness, strength, courage, understanding, and wisdom of humanity," said Pahokee High School sophomore Joshua Walkes.įor too long, added Kina Phillips, “Apostle” community organizer, “we’ve been silent. We cannot keep doing the same dance Muck City." We need to hold our voices together and hold those we elected accountable to create policies that support us. That means we attend local commission meetings. What does that mean? It means getting involved in our community. "Muck City we need to stand up,” Walkes said. Colin Walkes, former mayor of Pahokee, was included: Mitchell’s was among a number of voices heard Saturday. Lives Matter! That our Black and Brown Communities Matter!" "I stand before you as your brother, neighbor, and friend,” said Robert Mitchell, community organizer, “to send the message of ‘Get Your Knee off our Necks, and Let Us Breathe!’ I need you to know my people that our Black Now others say the time is right and ripe for Muck City BLM in the Glades that the Biden-Harris presidential election victory Saturday is juxtaposed with the power of the Black vote, and demand for change in the Glades, as a reflection of the wider national movement for Black lives. The Cry of Black Youth (COBY) organization began a battle for Black lives from 1969 to 1971. They also asked community members to bring their hearts and souls to the fight. In honor of Henry Bennett III – the Belle Glade resident affectionately known as “Scooter,” who was killed by a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy in 2016 – Muck City BLM organizers laid out their current focus issues: local government corruption, voting rights and responsibilities, economic injustice and exploitation, mass incarceration, police violence, community mentoring for atrisk youth, and environmental racism associated with pre-harvest sugar field burning. ![]() – History was made on the steps of Belle Glade City Hall when Glades community members gathered Saturday to announce the formation of Muck City Black Lives Matter (BLM). Contact Waymer at 32 or find him on Twitter: on Facebook: This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Florida lawmakers put Indian River Lagoon in line for $100 million in cleanup projects.Belle Glade, Fla. Jim Waymer is an environment reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. North Brevard Water Treatment Plant Expansion and Potable Water Wells - $1,500,000Ĭocoa Beach Bicentennial Park Project - $1,250,000Ĭocoa Beach Gravity Sewer Rehabilitation - $1,000,000 South Brevard Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant - $1,500,000 South Beaches 2nd Deep Injection Well - $2,000,000 Palm Bay Septic to Sewer Conversions - $2,100,000 Sykes Creek Phase 2 Environmental Dredging and Interstitial Water Treatment - $4,324,002 Indian River Lagoon, Micco/Little Hollywood Septic to Sewer (540 homes) - $4,500,000 Grand Canal Phase 5 Environmental Dredging and Interstitial Water Treatment - $9,000,000Įau Gallie NE Construction Environmental Dredging and Interstitial Water Treatment - $5,010,244 Where can I find a complete list of lagoon and other projects in the state's proposed budget?įor a complete list of Indian River Lagoon projects in the fiscal year 2023-24 General Appropriations Act, visit: Brevard projects (over $1 million) funded in the GAA The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will prioritize the projects for funding, based on those that most benefit fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, water storage, water conservation or flood prevention. To be eligible, at least 50% cost-share shall be provided with non-state funds. What other significant environmental funding is happening?Īltman worked to get $2.5 million for the creation of aWetlands Restoration and Protection Grant Program. In September 2021, DeSantis turned up at Sebastian Inlet to announce more than $53 million in new Indian River Lagoon funding, with promises that state lawmakers would allocate a similar amount annually to clean up the ailing estuary. "He's been very supportive of the lagoon," Altman said. Will the lagoon funding will survive DeSantis' veto pen?Īltman said he's confident DeSantis would spare lagoon funding from vetoes, given the Governor's stance in recent history. He has veto power authority over any of the included projects. Then the GAA will need to be voted on by the Florida Legislature and then signed by Gov. The GAA is still in a “cooling off” period that will end Friday morning. The funding is including within the General Appropriations Act (GAA). Although seagrass transplanting isn't specifically mentioned in Florida's proposed budget, advocates hope $100 million in proposed new lagoon funding will help grow back the estuary's grass. Restore out Shores, part of the conservation department with the Brevard Zoo, were headed out Tuesday to the south side of the Thousand Islands in Cocoa Beach to plant 200 seagrass plants. Hope Leonard shows the seagrass plants they were planting Tuesday.
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