Sugar plantations, Chemical Plants, COVID-19
The chemical plants in Cancer Alley are built where there once were sugar plantations. Descendants of enslaved communities still live nearby.
Combo Disaster and Environmental Injustice
Join us for the Disaster STS Network’s Fall 2021 virtual tour of Louisiana's Cancer Alley, a corridor of chemical plants along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans with shockin
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njia.smithAfter the storm, In Newark, people from different communities helped out to rebuild their city and improve it to make sure that the next strom will not do any more damage.
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njia.smithAfter the storm, transportation was little to no opporational when it comes to families trying to get somewhere safe.
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njia.smithThe source of resilence was local knowledge and community that wanted to see a difference from companies dumping trash in the water.
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njia.smiththe work and many things that aused more clean up after the storm sandy hit newark.
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njia.smithMaking sure that damaged items from the storm are cut down or demolished just in case. Things from the community can not be all sloved without some help form neighboring communities.