From Harm to Healing: CMEJ Aims to Transform Former Industrial Site in North Minneapolis

Community members protest Northern Metals using a restraining order and community power.

Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ) is leading a movement to reclaim and heal neighborhoods recovering from environmental racism in the Twin Cities. Based in North Minneapolis, the grassroots coalition is powered by residents who have lived through a legacy of industrial pollution. This legacy disproportionately harms nearby areas that are home to low-income and […]