Neighbor to Neighbor, Springfield, in partnership with the Humanities Action Lab, created the Environmental Expo to spotlight the fight against environmental injustice in Springfield as part of Climates of Inequality, an internationally-traveling exhibit. Through a month-long series of interactive workshops and the accompanying website, The Environmental Expo aims to develop the leadership of community members to lead the decision making about what happens in their community. Communities bearing the biggest burden of pollution are resilient and ready to take action. Join community members and leaders to learn, engage, and take charge of our future!

The Environmental Expo will run for 4 weeks from May 17 to June 15. Learn more about the Expo workshops and sign up here.

Melissa Vida is a freelance journalist and filmmaker from Belgian and Salvadoran descent. Melissa has had her work published in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review and America Magazine and has been hired by the Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven (KUL) to produce a documentary on St. Oscar Romero’s legacy in El Salvador. She is also the founder and editor of the weekly newsletter Central American News, which is followed by 500+ journalists, researchers and public officials. She hones a bird’s-eye view on Central America as a region and specializes in El Salvador, for which she works as a consultant for government institutions.

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