An Exploration of the Salsa Soul Sisters' Health and Wellness Programming by Olivia NewsomeSite Description: This paper will explore how the Salsa Soul Sisters (“Salsa”) combatted environmental racism in New York City through their programmatic endeavors from...
From Resistance to Gentrification: Community Gardens and their Role in Producing Gentrification
From Resistance to Gentrification: Community Gardens and their Role in Producing Gentrification by Alvaro Martins-LambeSite Description:In the 1970s, Manhattans Lower East Side was a hotbed for politics. Artists, activist and developers were fighting to stake their...
Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 2000s-Present
Deciding Who Breathes Dirty Air: External Power and Everyday Life in Camden, 1960s-Present by Maya SchaefleinSite Description: Waterfront South is a small, predominantly Black and Latino, working-class neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, located along the Delaware...
Recreation in Decline: A Park Commission’s Failure to Provide Parks from the 1950s-1970s in Essex County, NJ
Recreation in Decline: A Park Commission's Failure to Provide Parks from the 1950s-1970s in Essex County, NJ by Dominic AttalientiSite Description: There was a large economic disparity in Essex County, New Jersey in the 1950s and the 1960s, which led to differences...
From Contaminated Land to Promised Remediation: The Prolonged Cleanup of a Toxic Waste Site at Perth Amboy, NJ’s Future Borinqueneer Park (2003-Present)
From Contaminated Land to Promised Remediation: The Prolonged Cleanup of a Toxic Waste Site at Perth Amboy, NJ’s Future Borinqueneer Park (2003-Present) by Armani RomanSite Description:The Borinqueneer Park, previously known as 2nd Street Park, will be developed in...
Dominique Clairmonte Project Title
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...
Sargassum on Vacation
Sargassum on Vacation: Algal Blooms as an Impetus for Social and Environmental Change on the Mexican Caribbean by Ronnie VesnaverSite Description: This project will focus on the Mexican Caribbean. Specifically, it will highlight the beach towns on the island of...
Noise Can Do More
Noise can do More than just hurt your ears: How Noise pollution is hurting the community of Crotona Park East and Morrisania, Bronx, NY (1980) by Joshua Matthew TalbanSite Description: Noise pollution in New York City dates back to the early 20th century and continues...
The PCB Golf Course
The PCB Golf Course: How the Hyatt Hills Golf Course of Clark, NJ is a Potential Risk to its Visitors and Neighbors (1942-2021) by Giulian PacellaSite Description: The Hyatt Hills Golf Course in Clark New Jersey was not always a golf course, previously it had been a...