Several members of the Millman Lab and their families celebrated Earth Month by joining local residents for a neighborhood cleanup in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood on Saturday, April 12. This event was organized as part of earthday365‘s Environmental Justice Days of Action and co-hosted by the North Newstead Association and the Wells Goodfellow Improvement Association.
Environmental Justice Days of Action are community service focused days aimed at addressing food apartheid, litter, and illegal dumping typically in poor or marginalized communities. This cleanup focused on addressing litter and illegal dumping in the underserved community of Wells-Goodfellow, a large neighborhood in North City, and is part of a series of efforts to improve the neighborhood by community members, with other events including mass plantings of flowers for neighbors, and more trash pickup.
The Millman Lab is proud to serve the community surrounding Washington University and hopes to continue with more events in the future.