CRPE has teamed up with Citizens for Better Schools & Sustainable Communities (CFBS) in Birmingham, Alabama to challenge a new injustice. Luke Cole Memorial Fellow Madeline Stano is assisting CFBS in its challenge to a rail line that will transport uncovered toxic waste through low-income African-American neighborhoods in Southwest Birmingham. The proposed rail line is part of a larger pattern in Alabama, where polluting projects target vulnerable communities. According to director of Auburn University's Urban Studio Cheryl Morgans, "[Undesirable projects] tend to be in areas where there's the least sense that people have a way to stop these things."  But a coalition of dedicated activists are hoping to demonstrate the power of organizing; they have been working overtime speaking with local representatives, crafting legal arguments and testifying at public meetings. Read more.