{"id":22,"date":"2017-09-11T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-04-16T00:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:08:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/es\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22\" class=\"elementor elementor-22\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67e7b27 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"67e7b27\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9443bdf\" data-id=\"9443bdf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996e02f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"996e02f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHO WE ARe<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9edb742 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9edb742\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-089733e\" data-id=\"089733e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e88781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9e88781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f06c7bc elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f06c7bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a9c560\" data-id=\"1a9c560\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54be7f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54be7f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">West Street Recovery (WSR) is a horizontally structured grassroots organization which aims to use the disaster recovery process to build community power. <span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Our work is rooted in an understanding that disasters amplify previously existing inequalities. There are no natural disasters: the destruction of climate disasters is produced by social, racial, and political factors. Throughout the disaster recovery process, marginalized people and their communities are denied access to resources and influence; the same actors and forces which produced these inequities cannot be expected to deliver a just recovery. We aim to shift resources and decision-making power to flood survivors and frontline communities, because the people most harmed by storms are also the ones who best understand what can protect them in the future.<br>\nBrindando servicios esenciales, como reparaciones en el hogar, asistencia financiera y casos gesti\u00f3n, para los sobrevivientes de inundaciones, WSR ayuda a desarrollar v\u00ednculos entre personas de diferentes antecedentes, y estas relaciones son los bloques de construcci\u00f3n de nuestra interclase e interracial comunidad. Esta red est\u00e1 orientada tanto a mejorar materialmente la vida de las personas como a construir poder pol\u00edtico para los residentes del noreste de Houston.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84b2738 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84b2738\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-564e0c5\" data-id=\"564e0c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9035c28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9035c28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50607af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50607af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b4907d\" data-id=\"9b4907d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db610a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db610a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_3458-1-scaled-qjkp6nmbug57qglf7wcg4i1hagoba60ffaft1a8p14.jpg\" title=\"IMG_3458 (1)\" alt=\"IMG_3458 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2928be center\" data-id=\"b2928be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90085f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"90085f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"mission\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dbf94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0dbf94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Estado de la misi\u00f3n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff09bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ff09bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Street Recovery\u2019s mission is to connect communities to the resources that they need to not only rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey, but to build communities that are resilient,\u00a0 secure and stronger than before.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44199cf elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44199cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1f49bd center\" data-id=\"b1f49bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2b5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d2b5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nuestros comienzos<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5836bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5836bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WSR comenz\u00f3 durante el hurac\u00e1n Harvey como unos pocos amigos con un cami\u00f3n y un kayak inflable que transportaban a la gente a trav\u00e9s de las aguas de la inundaci\u00f3n y proteg\u00edan a aquellos que no pod\u00edan llegar a sus familiares en nuestros propios hogares. Pasamos el mes despu\u00e9s de la inundaci\u00f3n coordinando y distribuyendo decenas de miles de d\u00f3lares en suministros y comidas a los residentes de Kashmere Gardens, Trinity Gardens y Lakewood, vecindarios a los que las organizaciones de ayuda m\u00e1s grandes tardaron en llegar. Despu\u00e9s de que se abordaron las necesidades inmediatas de supervivencia, WSR pas\u00f3 a destripar hogares y con el tiempo ayudamos a eliminar los muebles, paredes, gabinetes y otros materiales porosos inundados de m\u00e1s de 75 hogares.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde entonces, WSR se ha convertido en una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro durante todo el a\u00f1o que ha respondido a m\u00faltiples desastres posteriores, incluida la tormenta tropical Imelda en 2019, la pandemia Covid 19 y la tormenta invernal Uri en 2021.<\/span><\/p><p>Read More about the history of WSR in our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Who-is-West-Street-Recovery.pdf\">Base Doc<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Check out these zines we made in our first year to document our experience: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WSR-Zine-1-A-Window-Propped-Open.pdf\"><b>A Window Propped Open<\/b><\/a> and <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WSR-Zine-2-Lessons-Learned-Organizing-After-Harvey.pdf\">Lessons Learned Organizing After Harvey<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b848923\" data-id=\"b848923\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e191943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e191943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_3379-1-scaled-qjkp7nc725i3zn5jfbs9r90zv3s9eny887899srqgo.jpg\" title=\"IMG_3379 (1)\" alt=\"IMG_3379 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f33289e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f33289e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c41de3d\" data-id=\"c41de3d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aaf167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4aaf167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_8239-scaled-qjkp4ijka17pafpdpz11g1hokv87qzifsoxzolez7c.jpeg\" title=\"IMG_8239\" alt=\"IMG_8239\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b61b850 center\" data-id=\"b61b850\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9114c56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9114c56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visi\u00f3n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8f78e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8f78e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WSR tiene la visi\u00f3n de que la comunidad a la que estamos ayudando a recuperarse hoy puede organizarse y volverse m\u00e1s resistente antes de que ocurra el pr\u00f3ximo desastre. Imaginamos un futuro donde las redes de miembros de la comunidad que operan en solidaridad y respeto mutuo hacen que la ciudad de Houston sea resistente frente a los desastres naturales y provocados por el hombre. Imaginamos un futuro en el que las soluciones a los desastres no incorporen a\u00fan m\u00e1s los procesos que han hecho a los residentes vulnerables tanto econ\u00f3mica como ambientalmente, sino que son el comienzo de un crecimiento arraigado localmente que fortalece a las comunidades, empodera a los residentes y genera resiliencia.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b0e2aa elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b0e2aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f971325 center\" data-id=\"f971325\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c409b14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c409b14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nuestra Comunidad<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd184f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd184f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuestra comunidad est\u00e1 formada por cinco elementos superpuestos que trabajan juntos para gobernar WSR y profundizar nuestras propias habilidades de liderazgo, reparar hogares, construir poder comunitario y desarrollar actores sociales dentro del vecindario que puedan efectuar los cambios necesarios para una recuperaci\u00f3n equitativa de Harvey y para hacer el mundo m\u00e1s justo y humano.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf74ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bf74ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2057\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cropped-NAC.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8940c2a center\" data-id=\"8940c2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af2c49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"af2c49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"community\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cf1f45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cf1f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FOUNDERS AND STAFF:<\/strong> WSR was founded as a community-level response to Hurricane Harvey and continues to be democratically led by this group of 12-15 people who make strategic decisions through consensus. Eight of these core members are the staff of WSR.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FLOOD-IMPACTED RESIDENTS:<\/strong> WSR has a caseload of 275 households, about 100 of who are in close contact with WSR, and over 100 of whom have received signif\u0131cant material aid, in the form of home repair, mucking and gutting, or direct f\u0131nancial assistance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>VOLUNTEERS AND ALLIES:<\/strong> WSR has worked with over 400 volunteers, and has a core group of approximately 35 volunteers who have invested signif\u0131cant time into the organization. We also work with many closely allied advocacy and organizing groups with whom we have relationships of mutual support.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND RESIDENT WORKERS:<\/strong> WSR has 5-10 consistent contractors and 25 day laborers that help shape and lead our rebuild work. We focus on hiring people who live in the neighborhoods where we work, friends and families of clients, and those who were also affected by the hurricane.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>COMMUNITY GROUPS:<\/strong> Two distinct community groups driven by residents and flood survivors themselves have emerged within the broader West Street community. The Northeast Action Collective is organizing on issues of inadequate drainage in northeast Houston, while the Harvey Forgotten Survivors Caucus is demanding fair treatment from the city of Houston\u2019s Home Repair program. Read more about these groups on our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community organizing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d054de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d054de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c3199d\" data-id=\"3c3199d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"staff\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffbe567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffbe567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Staff bios<\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9c0474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9c0474\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d45fe2\" data-id=\"8d45fe2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6d8d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6d8d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/20210121_201717-1-qjkor75uull90ayu9rdq2d1f3or7dh1h0vxrurx5c4.jpg\" title=\"20210121_201717\" alt=\"20210121_201717\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc1487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecc1487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Doris Brown<\/b><b> (She\/Her, born 1949)<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Community Research, Organizing, and Development\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e988e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e988e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Doris is a co-founder of the Northeast Action Collective (NAC) and a lifelong resident of Northeast Houston. She joined staff at West Street in June of 2020. Doris grew up in 5th Ward and Kashmere Gardens and has lived in Scenic Woods for 56 years. She graduated from HCC with a degree in Human Service Technology and Certification in Mental Health. In 2016 she graduated from University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. Doris started as an activist in the civil rights movement when she was 13 years old, following her instinct of \u201cif it\u2019s not right I want to fight\u201d. She participated in the historic TSU sit-ins in the \u201860s against segregation. Doris is on the advisory boards for the HIVE fund and the Houston Climate Justice Museum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9c9848\" data-id=\"b9c9848\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33356bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33356bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-14-at-6.07.48-PM-1-qjkot8h9nodm5w0cdn2mgujdfqpu1v4jaytnacwfus.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2021-09-14 at 6.07.48 PM\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2021-09-14 at 6.07.48 PM\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ccdcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5ccdcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Ben Hirsch (He\/Him, born 1989)<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Organizing, Research, <br \/>and Development<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c1865d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c1865d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben has worked with WSR since its founding and helped to launch the Harvey home repair program, facilitates the NAC and is deeply motivated to develop collective political strategy and collective models of leadership. He is a graduate of the LBJ school of Public Affairs where he studied the intersection of poverty and the environment and alternative forms of governance. He has done organizing work on environmental justice and economic justice since participating in resistance to the G-20 Summit in Toronto, ON in 2009. He has one child and is a performing musician and a published author.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de06884\" data-id=\"de06884\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab8057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ab8057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/anil-felix-kapoor-houston-west-street-recovery-qjkog8dn46ktk2wab0qez4ntlut1kli7ilxuak6hxg.jpg\" title=\"anil-felix-kapoor-houston-west-street-recovery\" alt=\"anil-felix-kapoor-houston-west-street-recovery\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1178e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1178e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Felix Kapoor<\/b><b> (He\/Him, born 1987)<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Rebuild and Organizing\u00a0<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-636d16a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"636d16a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Felix started as a volunteer for West Street during Hurricane Harvey, and was hired on full time staff in May of 2019. Some of Felix\u2019s accomplishments within West Street include launching our Harvey Repair Program and Winter Storm Uri Programs, growing the Northeast Action Collective, supporting our Covid19 cash distribution program, and launching our Language Justice interpretation training. He is a fellow of the inaugural resiliency fellowship hosted by ConnectiveHTX. Felix is a native Houstonian and loves to run, bike, cook, and seek out hammocks to lay in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fa1ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fa1ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90af552\" data-id=\"90af552\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20afd77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20afd77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/20210801_165633-scaled-qjkolm0e81xvzr30wcfk8rsrz8anm8uwx8bv5k7ebo.jpg\" title=\"20210801_165633\" alt=\"20210801_165633\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2c1c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2c1c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Alice Liu<\/b><b> (She\/Her, born 1999)<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Communications, Organizing and Disaster Preparedness<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d522dee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d522dee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice joined WSR as an intern in the summer of 2020, and returned as staff in January 2021. In 2023 Alice helped lead WSR\u2019s campaign to win millions of dollars of drainage infrastructure money for Northeast Houston. She also writes (grants, newsletters, and speeches) and helps facilitate the hub house program. Alice is passionate about movement building and connecting the struggle of disaster recovery in Northeast Houston to climate action across the gulf south and dignity and justice across the world. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f94c3\" data-id=\"53f94c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b6eed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57b6eed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/barley-qjkoscir7b5v75ark99b42lp8n3cs5lnukn4yy7tqc.jpg\" title=\"barley\" alt=\"barley\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ffd6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94ffd6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Andrew Barley<\/b><b> (He\/Him, born 1989)<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Rebuild Efforts and Voter Engagement<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28c721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28c721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barley has worked with West Street Recovery since its founding. Barley (he\u2019s got a weird affinity for his last name) helped launch West Street\u2019s home repair program and is currently most excited for West Street\u2019s community led training and voter initiatives. He is a graduate of St. Thomas University. In his free time he enjoys outdoors and\u00a0 volunteering with the Woods Project. Prior to joining West Street Recovery he served two Americorps terms, including a year with SBP Disaster Recovery. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d5c525\" data-id=\"7d5c525\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1efaa8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1efaa8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/beckyselle_headshot-1-qjkook85obzafosqo4cekizv3rr4s1kkzu1qdttwsk.jpeg\" title=\"beckyselle_headshot\" alt=\"beckyselle_headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b86f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b86f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Becky Selle<\/b><b> (She\/They, born 1992)<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Disaster Preparedness, Organizing, and Operations<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5e7bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b5e7bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becky joined WSR two weeks after Harvey through mucking homes. She\u2019s since helped create the home repair program, community research efforts, the Northeast Action Collective, and most recently, the Hub Homes program. She is passionate about developing our practice of popular education, accessibility, and collective building and governance through process design and hands-on-learning. She\u2019s also excited about breaking down science, tech, and complex policy for building community power. Her background is in medical engineering, public health, and outdoor education. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a8ce0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a8ce0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b40b4db\" data-id=\"b40b4db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a183f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a183f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1000019654-1-qlu25vazzkk5vgd4pcn42qf9vqe39dnikudr79ar0k.jpg\" title=\"Beth Lumia Profile\" alt=\"Beth Lumia Profile\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19014af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19014af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Beth Lumia (She\/her, born 1998)\u00a0<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Disaster Preparedness <br \/>and Organizing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d47d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56d47d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beth began with WSR as a Graduate Student Intern as part of her course work at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. After graduating in May 2023 with her MSW, Beth then joined the WSR team in January 2024. She works closely with the Northeast Action Collective and is a co-coordinator of the Hub House program. As a former AmeriCorps member, Beth has a background in education, peace and justice studies, and disaster response.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98fffd7\" data-id=\"98fffd7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f88d4fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f88d4fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/20220818_123842-scaled-qjkodwq07xeaus9svikmb7rsqk9djja3j3vmkxmjb8.jpg\" title=\"20220818_123842\" alt=\"20220818_123842\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e6d34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7e6d34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Tracy Hamblin (She\/her)\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>Rebuild Contractor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a07404d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a07404d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracy has worked with West Street since its founding, learning and practicing building skills first as a volunteer until she joined WSR part time and as a full time staff member in January 2023. Tracy most enjoys being able to connect with residents, help empower and motivate community to share mutual support and to work on a horizontally organized team. A mother of 3 and a native Houstonian, Tracy has had her hand in many community oriented efforts like urban gardening programs, food sharing and birth and breastfeeding advocacy. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-284e624\" data-id=\"284e624\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80a11e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80a11e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/File-1-qjkocxxz722ox7obiljf8yjqrb0smqg12bqntp23pg.jpg\" title=\"File\" alt=\"File\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-953a2e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"953a2e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Brenda Tijerina (She\/they, born 1993)\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>Co-Director of Organizing, Research, and Disaster Prep<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c37ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64c37ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brenda started volunteering with West Street Recovery after Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 and joined the staff in January 2023. She leads community research of drainage infrastructure systems, and is co-coordinator of the Hub House, Solar, and Flood Insurance Programs. Brenda graduated from the University of Houston in 2022 with a degree in Architecture. Brenda also organizes with the No Border Wall Coalition in Laredo.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef4d408 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef4d408\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4be1b1b\" data-id=\"4be1b1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a2a28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3a2a28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DSC_0605-scaled-qjkou6bghpnxrun6w1p6ylzytm31qyuvfmb4kbi9ms.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0605\" alt=\"DSC_0605\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2359b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2359b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Cavanaugh Nweze\u00a0<br \/><\/b>Co-Director, Bookkeeper and Accountant\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6ac9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b6ac9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cavanaugh is a financial professional, farmer, published writer, and a nationally recognized community Leader. He is a Native Texan with Nigerian roots. Since completing his Master&#8217;s degree in accounting, expanding gardens to numerous homes and Community Centers, and focusing on culturally-centered programs, Cavanaugh has earned his reputation as being an optimistic, conscious, and motivated Teacher. <br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an addition to his work as an activist, Cavanaugh is the founder and Managing Partner at Nweze Financial Solutions LLC. By providing accounting and professional financial services, Cavanaugh has been able to marry his accounting and activist expertise by providing immediate economic assistance to numerous individuals and organizations lacking access to ethical financial expertise.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a063b4f\" data-id=\"a063b4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134dcc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"134dcc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weststreetrecovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/headshot2-1-qlu21m3b1kqfb0jok0exab351xd9epr9ns1lz5lx6s.jpg\" title=\"D. Espinoza Headshot\" alt=\"D. Espinoza Headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e9dbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e9dbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>David Espinoza (He\/They, born 1991)\u00a0<br \/><\/b>Co-Director of Community Organizing\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0165eaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0165eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David is a lifelong resident of Northeast Houston and has been a volunteer since 2021 and joined as a staff member in March 2024 coordinating community organizing efforts. He graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelors in Architecture in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d8cb09\" data-id=\"8d8cb09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6465aaf elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6465aaf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df5f784\" data-id=\"df5f784\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f442044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f442044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Noreste de Houston<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0819f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0819f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a009859\" data-id=\"a009859\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e286074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e286074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde Harvey, el trabajo de West Street Recovery (WSR) se ha concentrado en cuatro c\u00f3digos postales en el noreste de Houston: 77016, 77026, 77028 y 77078. Esta es un \u00e1rea de alta pobreza con ingresos medios y valores de vivienda muy bajos. La mayor\u00eda de los miembros de la comunidad con los que trabajamos son negros o hispanos; hay muy pocos residentes blancos.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una combinaci\u00f3n de geograf\u00eda f\u00edsica y siglos de pr\u00e1cticas de desarrollo irresponsables pone al noreste de Houston, como a muchas otras partes de la ciudad, en un riesgo extremo de inundaciones. Las \u00faltimas dos d\u00e9cadas han visto eventos de lluvia cada vez m\u00e1s frecuentes y severos, lo que ha convertido a Allison (2001), Ike (2008), Tax Day (2015), Memorial Day (2016), Harvey (2017) e Imelda (2019) en nombres familiares. . 20 a\u00f1os de inundaciones persistentes han reformado profundamente las relaciones de las personas y las comunidades con sus hogares. El peligro de inundaciones se ve agravado por la concentraci\u00f3n de instalaciones peligrosas y sitios de emisi\u00f3n en esta \u00e1rea, fuentes de toxinas que luego se propagan indiscriminadamente por las inundaciones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El noreste de Houston se divide entre la l\u00ednea divisoria de aguas Halls Greens Bayou en el norte y Hunting Bayou en el sur. Durante Harvey, la cuenca de Hunting Bayou tuvo la mayor proporci\u00f3n de unidades de vivienda inundadas, y Halls Green Bayou tuvo la mayor cantidad de unidades inundadas de cualquier Bayou en el condado de Harris. A pesar de la clara y urgente necesidad de ayuda, se neg\u00f3 a una proporci\u00f3n sorprendentemente alta de residentes que solicitaron ayuda de FEMA o de grandes organizaciones sin fines de lucro.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El resultado de las condiciones de referencia injustas y la respuesta inadecuada del gobierno y el aparato de recuperaci\u00f3n de desastres despu\u00e9s de Harvey es que, m\u00e1s de 3 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, muchos hogares en el noreste de Houston a\u00fan no se han recuperado de Harvey. Algunos de esos hogares ya se han inundado varias veces desde entonces.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1df405 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"d1df405\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9da1235\" data-id=\"9da1235\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f604d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f604d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"values\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a2b5fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a2b5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nuestros valores y pr\u00e1cticas organizativas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06ab575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06ab575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>\"We must be the values that we say we\u2019re struggling for and we must be justice, be peace, be community\" - Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27a0ae5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27a0ae5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4fc8a7\" data-id=\"e4fc8a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d782cc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d782cc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our organizing practices, including our relationships with community members and with each other, are greatly inspired by the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ejnet.org\/ej\/jemez.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Street Recovery uses community organizing and recovery services as mutually reinforcing activities to build a network of people who can take care of each other, teach and learn from each other, and collectively f\u0131ght for a better world. We prioritize building relationships and working together, and conceptualize the services we provide as an entry point for sustained social engagement and support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disaster recovery is stressful, and prioritizing deep relationships over narrow efficiency makes our work more sustainable through inevitable future disasters.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is our goal to continue building the WSR community that can both pressure the state and large private organizations to enact policies that promote justice and equity, and take care of each other in the present world that continues to disadvantaged neighborhoods like those in Northeast Houston.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Horizontal organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; While we work on discrete projects and focus on our strengths, all day team staff share responsibility and power to lead essential activities of the organization, including leading construction projects, talking to media, community organizing, political advocacy, fundraising, and administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Consensus decision making and rotating facilitation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are systems that open space for everyone in WSR to influence each other and ultimately shape the decisions we make. Sharing power in such a diverse group requires processes that alter standard patterns of conversations and advance our mutual understanding. These procedures act as an impediment to replicating the same hierarchies (based in wealth, race, age, education level, gender, or disability) that we see in the world around us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a23d05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a23d05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cf1157 center\" data-id=\"4cf1157\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71014ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71014ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Non-Discrimination Statement<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408842f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"408842f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WSR does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, belief system or age in its programs or activities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO WE ARe West Street Recovery (WSR) is a horizontally structured grassroots organization which aims to use the disaster recovery process to build community power. 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