What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown – December 2018
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 […]
What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown-November 2018
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 […]
What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown – September 2018
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 […]
What’s Happening with C.H.E.S.S. in Africatown – August 2018
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 […]
National Park Service Announces Official Beginning of the Africatown Connections Blueway Project
(MOBILE, Ala. – Jun 01, 2018) – The National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program is pleased to announce the official launch of the Africatown Connections Blueway — a […]
Alabama Historical Commission Continues Clotilda Search in New Project
The Alabama Historical Commission announced that it is launching a new effort to find and catalog sunken ships in the Mobile River delta, months after the unsuccessful hunt to find […]
Historic Preservationists Arrive in Mobile to Confirm If Uncovered Wreckage Is the Sunken Slave Ship Clotilda
Divers and Researchers Are Expected to Announce Their Findings During A March 7 Community Meeting in Africatown (Mobile, AL February 28, 2018) — The Mobile County Training School Alumni Association […]
C.H.E.S.S and the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Host Africatown Community Forum on Nov. 30th
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 […]