Welcome to the Deep South Center on Environmental Justice by Lindsay Walker

Coming from Dillard University in New Orleans, the Deep South Center on Environmental Justice will be relocating to the Community Association for the Welfare of School Children starting Dec. 1, 2005.

Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the DSCEJ was forced to evacuate because of severe flood damage.

Currently, the DSCEJ has five of the eight employees returning to work since the hurricanes. They look forward to a more stationary location on the second floor of the CAWSC building at 440 N. Foster Drive.

The DSCEJ began in 1992 within the southern region to bring awareness to environmental justice issues. According to DSCEJ Director Beverly Wright, the Center’s main goal is the “development of minority leadership in the areas of environmental, social, and economic justice along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor.”

For more information regarding rental space at CAWSC or the Deep South Center on Environmental Justice, please contact Valerie Jackson-Jones at 225-924-7506.