Their tiny, rural town of just over 1,000 people suffers from severe flooding, made worse by climate change.
“There are issues small communities face, and a lot of it is rooted in structural racism,” says Romona Williams, volunteer executive director of Montgomery Citizens United for Prosperity, the umbrella group that developed the Creek Rangers program.
When Climate Disasters Are A Fact Of Life
Until joining Creek Rangers, many of the group’s members had accepted the floods and other extreme weather events, like tornadoes, as a fact of life.
Romona Williams, executive director of Montgomery Citizens United for Prosperity
Adult leaders associated with the group first designed a system to fix the town’s drainage system, consulting with local experts like professors.
When she’s out in the community working on gardening projects, she’s been questioned about her interest in the group and the realities of climate change.
