Each of the five units in this online course contain educational interactives that teach a key concept of social justice as it relates to public health inequity. One of the interactives is featured below. To see others, go to the menu and click on "Preview Interactives."
In the 1950's, the City of New York quietly decided to build a massive sewage treatment plant in West Harlem. The plant protected the Hudson River, but its air pollution made nearby residents sick. Fed up with the community's skyrocketing rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases, residents formed a coalition to confront the disturbing history behind the plant's placement and construction.
This interactive can be found in Unit 1: Where Do We Start
Other Interactive presentations in this Site:
NYC Maps: Polluting Sites in Northern Manhattan
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