AIR Talk and Walking Tour

May 31, 2007

facilitated by

Preemptive Media and the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ)

Air at Riverside

AIR at Riverside examines overlaps and mutual interests between artistic projects, activist agenda's and community involvement. Following the panel presentation at UC Riverside, CCAEJ and Preemptive Media conducted a walking tour through Mira Loma, an area in Riverside County heavily affected by diesel pollution. Mira Loma is the most air polluted area in the United States, and number four worldwide only after Jakarta, Indonesia; Calcutta, India; Bangkok, Thailand. The pollution issues in the area are directly linked to the establishment of mega-warehouses, designed to serve as temporary storage facilties for goods and products arriving at the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor. CCAEJ works closely with the community and has won 5 lawsuits against the county. Walking tour participants were invited to carry the AIR pollution monitoring devices to discover current levels from themselves and also received background information about the histories, problems and current activities to alleviate problems in Mira Loma.

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