Confronted with a difficult issue of environmental racism in North Law Vegas, law professors at UNLV Boyd, Frank Fritz and Ngai Pindell, along with Senator Dina Neal and law students Candace Mays and Sebastian Ross, took a creative approach. Windsor Park, a historically African American neighborhood of North Las Vegas, was built on a fault and is now sinking. Many homes are uninhabitable and others are in dire need of reconstruction. Boyd Law School teamed up with the UNLV Film School professor Brett Levner and her graduate assistant Olivé to make a short documentary about Windsor Park.
It’s well worth 10 minutes to view this film, which is an amazing look into the segregationist history of Las Vegas and its enduring consequences for the city’s African American citizens. Please watch Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets and recommend it to others and share it widely with others.
#Liftupwindsorpark also needs help. If you have time and interest, please contact the team here. Help of all kinds would be appreciated, even if you are just willing to talk out ideas or be a sounding board or think you know a person or law organization who might be able to help. Follow on Facebook @liftupwindsorpark and on Instagram @liftupwindsorpark. To fix this problem will truly take a village. Environmental racism is a feminist issue. #liftupwindsorpark
-Kathy Stanchi
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