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Success Stories

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        • • Convinced local government to permanently remove the entire Rogers-Eubanks community from consideration as the site for a waste transfer station and other undesirable public facilities.
        • No WTS

        • • Partnered with UNC Chapel Hill researchers and the Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders to administer a household water and sewer infrastructure survey and test surface and drinking water quality and air quality (Community-based participatory research).

        • • Created community-facilitated strategies to educate residents, the general public, media, and politicians about ongoing problems in the community.

        • • Published "Rogers Road", a Community History
          (compiled by Emily Eidenier Pearce)
        • RR Book

        • • Established the Rogers-Eubanks Community Garden
        • Garden

          • Established the Rogers-Eubanks Community Center

          • Participated in and hosted the NC Environmental Justice Network’s statewide Environmental Justice Summits

          • Mentoring of other struggling communities in the state about strategies for mobilizing community members and organizations to affect public health policy.