The Path of Least Resistance: I-280 and the Fragmentation of Newark, New Jersey’s Marginalized Communities, 1955–1980 by Joseph RassSite Description:This study examines the I-280 highway corridor (East-West Freeway) in Newark, New Jersey. Its construction continued...
From Redlining to Toxics Sites: The Legacy of Discriminatory Housing in Newark’s Ironbound
From Red Lines to Toxic Sites: The Legacy of Discriminatory Housing in Newark’s Ironbound by Juliamny Fernandez Site Description:Newark’s Ironbound District is located along the Passaic River in New Jersey. The area surrounding Wilson Avenue and Ferry Street sits...
OMG My Computer Hates Me!: LA High Schoolers Fight Back Against Neighboring E-Waste Dumpsite, 2002-2023
OMG My Computer Hates Me!: LA High Schoolers Fight Back Against Neighboring E-Waste Dumpsite, 2002-2023 by Mia LoRe Site Description: Jordan High School sits in the heart of Watts – a neighborhood of Los Angelos, California that is home to an economically...
Wetlands at Risk: Environmental Injustice and Community Resistance in Graniteville, Staten Island, 2000s–Present
Devalued Land, Devalued People: The Fight to Protect the Graniteville Wetlands on Staten Island, 2000s-Present by Jonathan MetrySite Description:Graniteville, a neighborhood on Staten Island's North Shore, became the focus of an environmental justice movement during...
When Water Turns into Poison: Race, Women, Class, and the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan (2014 – Present)
When Water Turns into Poison: Race, Women, Class, and the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan (2014 - Present) by Calixte AbandaSite Description:In 2014, Flint, a city in Michigan, became known around the world because of the water crisis that started there. To...
The Killer Pharmaceutical Plant: The Napp Chemical Mixing Environmental Disaster in Lodi, NJ from 1995 to Present
The Killer Pharmaceutical Plant: The Napp Chemical Mixing Environmental Disaster in Lodi, NJ from 1995 to Present by Stephen KotarskySite Description:The town of Lodi, NJ was the site of one of the most deadly chemical mixing disasters the state of New Jersey had...
American Military Pollution on Okinawa, 1945 to Today
Paradise Lost: American Military Pollution on Okinawa, 1945 to Today by Maxwell LiSite Description:The island of Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture of Japan and is home to over 1.3 million people. Due to its strategic location along the Western Pacific, a large...
Beneath the Dust Cloud: Residents Stop DOKA’s Plan to Pollute Wallington, NJ with Concrete Dust (2017)
Beneath the Dust Cloud: Residents Stop DOKA’s Plan to Pollute Wallington, NJ with Concrete Dust (2017) Site Description:Since 1970, Farmland Fresh Dairies has been the owner and operator of Consolidated Dairies, a milk processing plant, located in Wallington,...
Living in fear in Camden and Pennsauken (N.J.) over proposed waste to energy Incinerators, (1970’s- early 1990’s)
Living in fear in Camden and Pennsauken (N.J.) over proposed waste to energy Incinerators, (1970’s- early 1990’s) by Luis RamirezSite Description:My research topic will be based on the Landfill Crisis of the 1970's, and how the State of New Jersey decided to build...
From Crisis to Action: Arab American Involvement in Flint’s Water Crisis
Faith in Crisis: Arab American Faith Communities and the Fight for Water Equity in Flint (2015-2024) by Ameera Abouali Site Description:This project examines how Arab American communities in Flint, Michigan, responded to the 2014 water crisis, not only as victims of...