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Figure 2 San Antonio Supermarket
My name is Gabriella Logan and I am a product of my Black Community. I am my community. I fight for my community. I love my community. I love the people in my community. But, "our neighborhoods are killing us", and something has to change.
“Many of us are fortunate to live in safe, healthy neighborhoods, but others of us are downwind of factories, downstream of toxic dumping, or in areas without access to fresh and healthy foods."
- Alta Mauro, Director of Multicultural Affairs, Wake Forest University
Figure 3 My Neighborhood is Killing Me
As a young woman of color in the field of Environmental Science, I preface most everything I do with how I can better my community. Prior to my current job working for a nonprofit that specifically focuses on connecting youth of color to the fields of Conservation and Environmental Science, I had the opportunity to work within many other nonprofits that had a similar goal of connecting youth to the field of Environmental Science. The only difference here was youth of color were left out and often times, the community as a whole suffered along side the youth initially set to impact. Many communities of color were and still are receiving the tale end of much negative environmental impact. Including lack of healthy food options. When a community lacks access to healthy food, it is called a food desert.
The goal of my research here is to discover what more can be done to end lack of healthy options in these communities.
Figure 4 Food
Figure 5 Taco Bell drive Thru
If you were to take a drive through the historic West End in Atlanta, GA, the featured photos would be exactly what you saw. Going to college in the West End, my friends and I constantly had to go north of the city to get healthy and affordable food to eat.
I am an Atlanta native, and many times, my parents would pick up me and my friends and take us to grocery stores that had better options for us.
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