Camden's Helpless by Luis RamirezSite Description:My research topic will be based upon the Camden garbage incinerator located in Camden, New Jersey. The timeline I want to focus on is the 1980s to early 1990s, from the moment the incinerator was proposed to the moment...
Ameera Abouali Project Title
From Crisis to Action: Arab American Involvement in Flint’s Water Crisis by Ameera Abouali Site Description:The city of Flint experienced one of the most severe water crises in the nation, lasting about 18 months from 2014 to late 2015. However, its effects remained...
Cycling Infrastructure Inequality in NYC vs Newark, NJ
"Take the Lane vs. Thanks for the Lane", the Economics, Politics and Health Inequalities of Bicycle Infrastructure in Newark and New York, 1980-2015 by C.W. SleasmanSite Description:Prior to the ubiquity of the automobile in Newark and Manhattan, the bicycle was seen...
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s by Arthanious ShafikSite Description:Mansheyet Nasser is a district of Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is one of the largest metropolises in the middle east. Known as the...
Shadows of Steel: Environmental Injustice and Marginalized Communities in Pittsburgh, 1945-1980.
Shadows of Steel: Environmental Injustice and Marginalized Communities in Pittsburgh, 1945-1980. by Joey CraskaSite Description:This site will dive into the affects that the Pittsburgh steel mills had on its surrounding communities and the groups of people it affected...
Coal Ash in Uniontown, Alabama
“That smell ... it makes you want to vomit”: Uniontown, Alabama’s Fight Against Pollution (2000 - 2022) Jozy BentleySite Description: Uniontown, Alabama is a small (predominantly, 90.6%) black city that sits in Perry County. The people of this community have been...
California’s Black Heroin
Los Angeles Urban Oil Drilling: California’s Black Heroin by J. SedilloSite Description: Oil was discovered in Los Angeles County in the early 1890’s, the ‘Los Angeles Oil Field’ was once the top producing oil field in California. Though Los Angeles county is the...
Do you know what your children are exposed to?
Do you know what your children are exposed to?: An inside look at how schools and recreational locations in modern day Newark, NJ are the most harmful to this city’s children by Anahi MunozSite Description: South Street School, built in 2016, is an elementary school...
Segregation over Safety
Segregation Over Safety:Suburbanization of Staten Island Via Fresh Kills Landfill (1948-2021) by J. LopezSite Description: Staten Island, or in more legal terms Richmond County, used to house the largest landfill in the world, opened in 1948. Fresh Kills Landfill was...
RPM Act
The RPM Act: How will the act affect us all in Englishtown, NJ (1972-2021) by Jason JimenezSite Description: Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) is an act that allows those who modify their vehicles for the purpose of racing. Currently our street...