Project: Mutual Aid in Newark, past and present

Newark, NJ (Building Resistance)
Created by:

Melanie Carmo, Amisha Gangadin, Carmen Jacoub, Dayana Paez, and Isabella Walsh

RU-N students Melanie Carmo, Amisha Gangadin, Carmen Jacoub, Dayana Paez, and Isabella Walsh explore mutual aid in Newark, past and present. They underscore the benefits of mutual aid as gentrification affects the Newark community.

Climates of Inequality Exhibition

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Mutual Aid featuring the RU-N Pantry and Newark Water Coalition!
The Power of Words by Thomas M. Borselli
The Legacy of the 1967 Newark Riots & Its Impact on Present-Day Challenges
Mutual Aid in Newark, past and present
Maria Lopez-Nuñez on Pollution and COVID-19 in Newark
Environmental Justice in the Ironbound: Multimedia Approaches
The Ironbound Fights Back: The History of the ICC
Covanta: Ironbound’s Unwanted Neighbor
Diamond Alkali: The Forgotten Tomb of Ironbound
Ronson Metals Lawsuit: Unhappy Homes
Darling Fat Rendering: The Truth Stinks
An Invisible Hazard: The Brownfield Sites of Newark’s Ironbound

Climates of Inequality Convening 2023

Creative Responses to Translocal Conversations