Africatown C.H.E.S.S.

Organized to promote environmental justice and protect Historic Africatown's remaining residential area from further industrial encroachment and pollution.

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

We agree wholeheartedly with Dr. Robert Bullard! His vision and framework, as articulated in this video clip, are the reasons why we exist- to have a Clean, Healthy, Educated, Safe and Sustainable #AfricatownAL.

[Pattrn @pattrn]

What is environmental justice? Dr. Robert Bullard, father of environmental justice, discusses the roots & foundation of this social cause.

On February 1st at 8/7c, the second installment of 2020: #RaceToSaveThePlanet will air on The Weather Channel. Be a part of the movement.

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

@60Minutes @andersoncooper #Africatown thanks you for the time you spent with us earlier this year to learn our story, that it's about the people and not just the Clotilda. Read our most popular blog post this year, https://t.co/bRquop3TJk

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

All of us in Africatown will be watching tonight. Thank you for faithfully telling our story!!!

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Tonight, @andersoncooper reports on the recently discovered wreck of the last known ship to carry enslaved Africans to America and the community of descendants still living near where the ship was found. https://t.co/2TYXE0kTH3

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

'Still fighting': Africatown, site of last US slave shipment, sues over pollution https://t.co/Lxl1ekHsGE

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

NBEJN POLICE VIOLENCE AND SYSTEMIC RACISM KILLING BLACK PEOPLE STATEMENT — National Black Environmental Justice Network: https://t.co/YclJpRMIzs @nbejn1 #NBEJN #NBEJNisBack #COVID19 #RacialJustice #ICantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvironmentalRacism

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

NBEJN COVID-19 STATEMENT: National Black Environmental Justice Network. #COVID19 is like a "heat-seeking" missile targeting the most vulnerable black communities and #racism is the underlying condition: https://t.co/aLetZ8O5nH @nbejn1 #NBEJN #ICantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

YES! Why We Are Bringing Back the National Black Environmental Justice Network: The Country is "Out of Control" and It's Killing Black Americans: https://t.co/KT0OzermND @nbejn1 #NBEJN #NBEJNisBack #Racism #RacialJustice #COVID19 #ICantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter #ClimateJustice

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

The @NBEJN1 is back because more Black Americans breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making: https://t.co/WlyAdDLWwH #NBEJN #COVID19 #BlackLivesMatter We say AMEN to that!

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

The @NBEJN1 is back because blacks in 19 states are 79% more likely than whites to live where industrial pollution poses the greatest health danger: https://t.co/CgSYlNC6TH #NBEJN #COVID19 #BlackLivesMatter This is the daily reality of #AfricatownAL.

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

The @NBEJN1 is back because black Americans have the highest death rate and lowest survival rate for cancer in the country. The overall black cancer death rate was 47% higher than the white make cancer death rate. https://t.co/p9A4JMaiEA #NBEJN #COVID19 #BlackLivesMatter

[Africatown C.H.E.S.S. @AfricatownCHESS]

PR: The National Black Environmental Justice Network Relaunches to Address Growing Threats to Black Communities: https://t.co/WdFHyOBD94 @nbejn1 #NBEJN #NBEJNisBack #NBEJNisBlack #RacialJustice #COVID19 #ICantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter #HealthEquity #ClimateJustice