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...
A United Front: How The Struggle for Palestinian Liberation on the Campus of Rutgers Newark Grew the Power of Newark Water Coalition
A United Front: How The Struggle for Palestinian Liberation on the Campus of Rutgers Newark Grew the Power of Newark Water Coalition by Maxwell Bonanno Site Description:The City of Newark has long since struggled with inequality, racial tensions and racially motivated...
The Forgotten Factory: Industrial Latex in Wallington, N.J., 1983-2016
The Forgotten Factory: A Story of EPA Neglect and Propaganda, Industrial Latex in Wallington NJ by Juan AlzateSite Description:In the town of Wallington NJ, there was a glue factory named Industrial Latex that operated from 1951 to 1983. After its closure, it was...
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) by Jacob GuscioraSite Description:Since 1970, Farmland Fresh Dairies has been the owner and operator of Consolidated Dairies, a milk processing plant, located in...
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Gentrification Guised in Gold: How the Prudential Center Has Transformed Newark’s Ironbound and What the 2024 Olympic Village means for Seine-Saint Denis, France’s Neuf-Trois. by Dominique ClairmonteSite Description:Inhabited by Portuguese, Brazilian, and Latin...
Igniting the SPARK: Portuguese Ironbound and the struggle for Environmental Justice in Newark 1960s-1990s
Igniting the SPARK: Portuguese Ironbound and the struggle for Environmental Justice in Newark, N.J., 1960s-1990s by Ethan JardimSite Description: Riverbank Park Protests, Newark Public Library Internet ArchiveIn 1995, the Newark city government proposed a plan to...
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...
Detention Center
Detention Center’s contribution to environmental Injustice: How the built environment perpetuates racial oppression by Baïna-Lyssa JeanSite Description: Although climate change affects every countries, the imminent devastating effects are highly felt by third world...