Chemical plants, a cement-making plant and the potential for increased traffic from a proposed toll bridge are but some of the environmental issues Africatown has faced for decades and continues […]
What if architects could design 30 new types of houses to put on Africatown’s vacant lots? What if the floodplain on the abandoned Josephine Allen public housing site could be […]
One of the projects CHESS is required to complete for The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, our grantor, requires us to survey residents of Africatown to get their input […]
Merry Christmas from C.H.E.S.S. On December 21, 2018 CHESS gave out 10 bikes at the Robert L. Hope Community Center in Africatown. The children and the parents were more than […]
Africatown residents voiced their concerns in a first-of-its-kind meeting with one of the big chemical companies in the area, which experienced problems when one of the tanks delivered to its […]
AFRICATOWN HERITAGE MOTORCADE & COMMUNITY DAYS — 9-2-2018 The first weekend of September were busy with activities in Africatown. The first event was the first annual motorcade with floats consisting […]
AFRICATOWN HOSTS THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE BUS TOUR ON CLIMATE CHANGE –8-30-2018 The Freedom to Breathe Bus Tour visited Africatown on August 30 to draw attention to the immediate impacts […]
Mobile, Alabama — The newest nonprofit in Africatown — Clean, Health, Educated, Safe & Sustainable, Inc. or C.H.E.S.S. — will host an Environmental Justice Community Forum at the Hope Community Center, 850 […]
