In May, Africatown native and resident Ruth Washington, Africatown native & supporter Major Joe Womack and Africatown supporter & Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition President Ramsey Sprague traveled to Washington, D.C. to talk with politicians and various department members - including the Congressional Black Caucus - about Africatown's current environmental justice situation and to support the world's 2016 Break Free (from fossil fuel) theme to "Keep It In The Ground".
Thirty years ago, I was living in lush, beautiful Marin County, on the other side of the Golden Gate from San Francisco. At that time it was one of the most expensive places in America to live. Well, as faith would have it, my mom got sick, and I moved home to New Orleans.
Thirty years ago, I was living in lush, beautiful Marin County, on the other side of the Golden Gate from San Francisco. At that time it was one of the most expensive places in America to live. Well, as faith would have it, my mom got sick, and I moved home to New Orleans. 
