A truck leaves the industrial cement property that sits across the street from Porters, one of Gainesville s historically Black neighborhoods. (MacKenzie DiLeo/WUFT News) Home/Environment/Porters Community Residents Are Growing Tired Of Noise And Dust Coming From Neighboring Cement Companies
Porters Community Residents Are Growing Tired Of Noise And Dust Coming From Neighboring Cement Companies
By MacKenzie DiLeo
May 12, 2021
Chris Fillie worries about dusty peppers.
Fillie has lived in the Porters Community for 17 years and owns a community garden on Southwest Third Street. There, he grows peppers, tomatoes, parsley and rosemary. While the garden has existed for 15 years and is meant to bring fresh produce and a green space to Porters, Fillie is concerned about the garden’s location near an industrial site.
Prisoner advocates across the country call on DOJ nominee Kristen Clarke to.
Prisoner advocates across the country call on DOJ nominee Kristen Clarke to address urgent pandemic conditions behind bars
January 31, 2021
Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, National Freedom Day, Prisoner rights activists and abolitionists from organizations across the country will caravan to D.C. to hand deliver a petition to the incoming head of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke. The group will gather at 1:00 p.m. in front of the U.S. Department of Justice building, 600 E St. NW, Washington, DC, and from there travel to Clarke’s current office at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.