From 2021-2022, the ICW brought together engaged scholars, community activists and students from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Howard University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College for a series of virtual workshops.

In 2014, while the East Phillips Improvement Coalition (EPIC) was launching another effort to relocate two major polluters of their neighborhood, Bituminous Roadways and Smith Foundry, they discovered that the owners of the Roof Depot across the street, were going to sell their 7.6-acre site including the iconic 230,000 sq. ft. former Sears Warehouse.

DPCEJ is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families harmed by pollution and vulnerable to climate change in the Gulf Coast Region through research, education, community and student engagement for policy change, as well as health and safety training for environmental careers.

An Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and land defenders from communities and regions across the country.