This poster offers a brief visual overview of the truck traffic crisis in Stockton, where heavy diesel truck routes cut through neighborhoods, bringing air pollution, noise, and health risks to local residents. It is designed as an educational tool for classrooms, community boards, and public events to raise awareness and inspire dialogue. The layout was generated with the help of AI and refined by Shannon Hoang to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and community relevance.
"The Journey to Justice” was created to help communicate the ongoing impacts of environmental injustice in communities burdened by freeway pollution. Designed to be accessible and engaging, the comic can be displayed in schools, libraries, and community centers to spark conversations and raise awareness. It was drafted with the help of AI and carefully hand-edited by Shannon Hoang to ensure accuracy and clarity.
This systems map illustrates the reinforcing dynamics behind truck traffic-related pollution in Stockton. The Business-As-Usual (BAU) loop highlights current infrastructure reinforces truck pollution leading to declines in health. The Community Cause loop shoes how advocacy groups push back, but face limited structural power within planning processes, weakening their influence. A third loop identifies the Freeway Removal scenario as a leverage point, demonstrating how dismantling the freeway could reduce environmental burdens and help reconnect fragmented neighborhoods. This map is intended for urban planners and analysts as a tool to visualize system behaviors, identify intervention points, and understand why the current harms remain.
Little Manila Rising is an activist group focused on providing multifaceted equity to Stockton, CA. They also work on cherishing and uplifting diverse communities.
Little Manila RisingThe Environmental Justice Program at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Stockton, works to improve air quality and advocate for ethical community development in the San Joaquin Valley—especially for vulnerable populations.
Environmental Justice Program