Essay: East Harris County organization offers a hand up, not handouts
The Arkema Inc. chemical plant is flooded from Hurricane Harvey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. The plant, about 25 miles northeast of Houston, lost power and its backup generators amid Harvey’s dayslong deluge, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises. This was originally featured in the Houston Chronicle's HouWeAre newsletter about race, culture and identity.
Driving around the area's winding, pockmarked roads, Jackson and Shiloh weave tales of struggle and success unique to Harris County's unincorporated areas that are often left to fend for themselves.The East Harris County Empowerment Council is the brainchild of Terence Narcisse who, at 18, had legacies on his mind and change in his heart while at friend's memorial service.
Shiloh believes that Narcisse is"truly born for such a time as this; we are all come into this veil with a destiny and not everyone reaches it."
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