east 12th was an illegal dumping ground a year ago. look at it now. 650+ volunteers. 350,000 pounds cleared. we forced the city to respond and the community to speak up. now trees are being planted. 🌱
one year ago, we started the east 12th movement.
illegal dumping was out of control. the city wasn’t acting so our volunteers stepped in! 350,000+ pounds cleared. pressure that forced accountability. generated a whole lot of media and press coverage to shed light on the issue and community kept showing up.
now? clean streets. and this earth day, trees were planted by multiple organizations and the city. it’s a space people can actually walk through again.
volunteer with us: Sign up for next Saturday’s cleanup: https://urbancompassionproject.org/events/
track our efforts via instagram: www.instagram.com/urbancompassionproject
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