Past and Ongoing CVML Collaborations
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
The purpose of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) is to foster cooperation and communication between individual citizens and corporate and government organizations in an effort to assess and mend the environmental problems in Louisiana. LEAN’s goal is the creation and maintenance of a cleaner and healthier environment for all of the inhabitants of Louisiana.
Subra Company, Inc.
Wilma Subra founded Subra Company, Inc. in 1981 in order to provide technical support to communities facing environmental injustices. Since then, she has worked with hundreds of communities, received a MacArthur Genius Grant, and worked closely with the EPA to develop health and safety measures.
Tulane’s EVST 4410: Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies
The CVML has worked closely with the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Tulane’s EVST 4410: Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies to produce a series of projects for fenceline communities along Cancer/Death Alley.
The Residents of Gordon Plaza
(New Orleans, LA)
During the summer of 2019, the CVML partnered with the residents of Gordon Plaza and New Orleans People Assembly to produce The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation, an exhibition housed by the Newcomb Museum of Art focusing on the past and present realities of Gordon Plaza.
Reserve, LA
Reserve, LA is a small town within St. John the Baptist Parish. The residents of Reserve share a fence-line with Dupont/Denka Performance Elastomer. Through LEAN, we have worked to produce photos and videos associated with the environmental injustice issues plaguing the community.
St. James Parish, LA
St. James Parish is located along Louisiana’s infamous Cancer/Death Alley. The residents of St. James are literally held hostage by industry. In some residential areas, there are no escape routes if a disaster should happen at one of the surrounding petrochemical plants.
Alsen, LA
Alsen, LA is located just outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s capitol. Numerous polluting facilites cover the area, one of the most aggregious being Ronaldson Field Landfill. This landfill sits within a few hundred yards of residential homes. It is separated in some places by a small marsh which regularly floods.
Colfax, LA and The Rock Community
Colfax, LA is home to the last commercial open burning/detonation facility in the country. The facility regularly ignites military ammunitions, fireworks and other forms of waste into the open air. Nearby residents cannot help but inhale the toxic chemicals that float miles from the facility.