![A woman stands in front of two dead trees](/sites/default/files/media_2024/01/202401us_louisiana_canceralley_sharonlavigne.jpg)
Sharon Lavigne, founder of RISE St. James, non-profit environmental justice organization, at her home in Welcome, St. James Parish, in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. “We’re dying from inhaling the industries’ pollution. I feel like it’s a death sentence. Like we are getting cremated, but not getting burnt,” she said. October 16, 2023.
© 2023 Eli Reed for Human Rights Watch