19 year-old Diana López always aspired to be a pilot and since the Kelly Air Force base is in her neighborhood, she was convinced that joining the Air Force was the best way to reach her goal. After graduation, she had one last summer in San Antonio to intern at a local environmental justice organization. When she learned that her neighborhood, Leon Creek, is part of the “Toxic Triangle” – since World War II the Kelly Air Force Base had been dumping cleaning solvents that have trichloralethylene (TCE) – Diana decides to stay in her hometown and fight.
19 year-old Diana López always aspired to be a pilot and since the Kelly Air Force base is in her neighborhood, she was convinced that joining the Air Force was the best way to reach her goal. After graduation, she had one last summer in San Antonio to intern at a local environmental justice organization. When she learned that her neighborhood, Leon Creek, is part of the “Toxic Triangle” – since World War II the Kelly Air Force Base had been dumping cleaning solvents that have trichloralethylene (TCE) – Diana decides to stay in her hometown and fight.
The central idea behind "Vanishing" was to present a alternate reality in which art no longer exists, a reality that is slowly become real. Due to funding cuts across the country, art programs in public schools are being lost. This current generation of young artists is sl…
Six members of Adobe Youth Voices were given the task of creating a song and music video that addresses one of the main issues or concerns that they see within their own communities. After discussing and brainstorming several topics, the group decided to focus on stereotyp…
Once a booming center of the American Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts’ Main South area is now showing sings of abandonment with children at risk of brain damage, stunted growth and reproductive problems caused by lead poisoning found in their own back…
19 year-old Diana López always aspired to be a pilot and since the Kelly Air Force base is in her neighborhood, she was convinced that joining the Air Force was the best way to reach her goal. After graduation, she had one last summer in San Antonio to intern …
16 year-old David Were lives in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Basic facilities like the bathroom become an enormous chore as the family uses buckets and plastic bags to dispose of human waste. The b…