Fighting for Neighborhood Equity in Joppa, a Freedman Town
Recorded
September 19, 2018
Archived
September 19, 2018
17:35 minutes
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Id:
APP522256
Description
President of Joppa Freedman's Town Association talks about their winning fight for neighborhood equity and environmental justice when faced with a zoning request that would have brought more batch plants to her community.Participants
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Tameckia Derrough
-
Demetria McCain
Interview By
Keywords
- Advocacy
- Asthma
- Batch Plant
- Civil Rights
- Clean Air
- Community Engagement
- Community organizing
- Environmental Justice
- environmental racism
- fair housing
- Freedman Town
- Health
- Industrial zoning
- Joppa
- Justice
- Justice for Joppa
- Land use
- Neighborhood Equity
- Petition
- Power Building
- Slaves
- specific use permit
- Voices for Opportunity
- Zoning