22 localities documented their experiences as frontline communities in the fight for environmental justice.

Local Stories

  1. Newark, NJ (Building Resistance)
    Building Resistance in a Burdened Community
  2. Ringwood, NJ
    Ringwood Mines and the Ramapough Lunaape Nation
  3. Indianapolis, IN
    Inequity Along the White River: Local Advocacy for Change
  4. The Bahamas
    A Sustainable Grand Bahama: Hurricane Dorian Conference
  5. Albany, NY
    The Empire's Backyard: Power & Pollution in Sheridan Hollow
  6. New Orleans, LA
    Standing Up on River Road: Activism in South Louisiana
  7. Milwaukee, WI
    Urban Blight as Environmental Injustice
  8. Chicago, IL
    Resisting Cycles of Environmental Injustice in La Villita
  9. Twin Cities, Minnesota
    Engaging Community and Confronting Environmental Injustice
  10. Springfield, MA
    Seeking Environmental Justice in the North End
  11. New Brunswick, NJ
    Climate Justice is Worker Justice
  12. Providence, RI (Pageacoag)
    Amplifying Narragansett Voices on Land and Survivance
  13. Durham, NC
    Cultivating Action: Gardeners as Agents of Change
  14. Greensboro and Princeville, NC
    Environmental Justice Along the Underground Railroad
  15. Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, CA
    Witnessing the Slow Violence of the Supply Chain
  16. Magdalena River, Colombia
    Entangled Lives, Entangled Hopes
  17. Mayagüez, PR
    Aftermaths: Community Responses to Climate Disaster
  18. Mexico City, Mexico
    Mexico City, Beyond the Earthquake?: A Recount of the Reconstruction
  19. Miami, FL
    Mapping Memories: Immigrant Workers Seek Climate Justice
  20. Newark, NJ (Alternative Futures)
    Reclaiming Our Land from the Flows of Global Capitalism
  21. Oxnard and San Fernando, CA
    Reimagining Immigrants and Environmental Justice
  22. Philadelphia, PA
    100 Years in the Middle: Stories of Eastwick, Phila.
  23. Phoenix, AZ, and the Colorado River Basin
    Water and Environment in the Arid Southwest