West Dallas residents who live near an asphalt shingle factory on Singleton Boulevard want it shut down. And they've delivered a letter to city council members demanding action.
Sand Branch still doesn't have potable water. West Dallas is still fighting for clean air. Communities in southern Dallas still sit next to environmental hazards from industry long gone. A five-hour bus tour recently highlighted just how much work Dallas has to do.
For her installation at the Dallas Museum of Art, artist Ari Brielle chose to highlight Floral Farms resident Marsha Jackson and her efforts to remove a toxic dump from her neighborhood.
For her installation at the Dallas Museum of Art, artist Ari Brielle chose to highlight Floral Farms resident Marsha Jackson and her efforts to remove a toxic dump from her neighborhood.
Shingle Mountain is gone. Can art and design help the Floral Farms neighborhood heal from environmental injustice? Join KERA at the Dallas Museum of Art for a conversation with the people working to help the neighborhood flourish.
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A coalition of more than 10 community organizations met to discuss a proposed City of Dallas land-use policy change and how it will impact neighborhood-led plans like Floral Farms'.
New industrial activity at Shingle Mountain must force Dallas to fix its unjust zoning decisions
Southern Dallas leaders Frederick Haynes and Michael Sorrell call out the city for failing to protect this vulnerable neighborhood from environmental racism.
Dr. Frederick Haynes, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, asked for accountability from Dallas city leaders during a community meeting Monday, streamed on Facebook Live, at the home of Southern Sector Rising leader Marsha Jackson.(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
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Dallas City Hall’s failure to fix unjust decades-old zoning decisions sends a “y’all come” invitation for the next Shingle Mountain to invade the southeast neighborhood of Floral Farms.