Wikipedia:Meetup/Indianapolis/Environmental Justice 2025

Join us for an Environmental Justice Edit-a-thon on Tuesday, April 22nd

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When: Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Our speakers will begin at ***edit***sharp, and the event will include a Wikipedia editing training session

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Suggested Focus: Environmental justice in Indiana

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Here are a few suggested articles to create or improve during this edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like.

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Indianapolis Entries

Topic	Related Current Entries	Some Sources	Notes
Indianapolis Brownfield Redevelopment Program	Brownfield land	1 2 3 4 5 6	for a more general approach to the topic of brownfields in Indianapolis, maybe it would be easier to add a new section to the entry for Indianapolis
Site 0153 Riverside, Indianapolis	IDEM; Indiana Central Canal; Riverside, Indianapolis	1 2 3 4, Kryder-Reid 6, 7	Useful, but not cite-able, overview 1. This could be written as a new entry or as a section in another entry, such as Kheprw Institute; Riverside, Indianapolis; or IDEM.
Combined Sewer Overflow Program, Indiana	Combined sewer; Fall Creek (Indiana); White River (Indiana); IDEM	Kyrder-Reid et al., 2022 1, 2
Hoosier Environmental Council		1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Co-founder Charlotte Read is probably notable as well. 1
Martindale-Brightwood Environmental Justice Collaborative	Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis	1 (chapt 13) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Although widely mentioned, sources do not focus on MBEJC. Might be easier to include in a section on EJ in the entry for Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis.
IDEM		formed in 1985?, pg 331 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7,	Needs improvement. Include formation of Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Compare to Alabama Department of Environmental Management or Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
Indianapolis Superfund Sites	List of Superfund sites in Indiana; Superfund	1 2 3 4	The List of Superfund sites in Indiana includes four sites in Marion county. Are these listings up to date? Are any missing? The entry for Superfund does not mention Indianapolis or Indiana--if there is an important case in Indiana, it could be added here.
American Lead Corporation	NL Industries; Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis	1 2 3 4	The defunct company may not be notable. Perhaps include this in an entry on Indiana or Indianapolis superfund sites? "The American Lead site is an area surrounding the former American Lead Facility, located at 2102 Hillside Ave. in Indianapolis. The property was used for industrial purposes dating back to at least the late 1800s. National Lead Industries conducted secondary lead smelting at the property from 1946 to 1965. Historic operations at the smelter contaminated the surrounding community with lead."5
National Lead Company (Martindale-Brightwood)	NL Industries, Martindale–Brightwood, Indianapolis	1 2 3	Also see above, American Lead Corporation on this list.
National Lead Industries			Also see above, American Lead Corporation on this list.
Chrysler Plant		[	Stub. Article needs improvement.
GM Stamping Plant		[1] [2][3]	Although the GM Plant may not be notable, the neighborhood where it was located is ... and [[West Indianapolis, Indianapolis],[ ] (also known as "The Valley") needs an entry.
Harding Street Generating Station		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	Stub class. Could be expanded, no history. Needs to also cover coal ash ponds. Needs a photograph. Needs citations.
Harding Street Station Coal Ash Ponds (Hoosier Environmental Council, Our Waters at Risk) 6500jmk4 (talk) 16:08, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]	See Harding Street Generating Station		Harding Street Generating Station needs citations, a photograph, and expansion. See entry on this list for sources.
Indianapolis Urban League’s Environmental Coalition		1 2 3 4 5 6 7 pg 166, 9	Indianapolis Urban League needs an entry. Notable organization that works on environmental justice issues. Include the IUL's Environmental Coalition in the entry.
Environmental Justice Advisory Council (IDEM)	See IDEM
Guide Corp. Fish Kill		1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 see references-10	Could be notable entry and/or written as a section of White River (Indiana). Guide Corp may need also need an entry.
Anthropocene Household Project			Given that the project involves a co-sponsor of the editathon, this is probably off limits due to WP:COI. It might be a use place to find sources, though.
Fall Creek (Indiana)			No mention of sewage overflow or other pollution problems in Indianapolis.
Ransom Place Historic District			Stub. Very short entry that needs expansion.
Mapleton-Fall Creek, Indianapolis			Entry needs improvement, needs expansion and citations.
Transportation in Indianapolis			Article is flagged as needing citations. Read article and add citations if needed--if not, remove tag.
Gabriel Filippelli			Entry needs improvement. Environmental Justice researcher at IUPUI--his friends and colleagues might want to avoid editing per WP:COI.
Indianapolis Environmental Sustainability Committee		1 2 3 4	New city committee recently formed, with significant press.
Thrive Indianapolis		1 2	The Indianapolis sustainability plan
John Barth			Indianapolis city councilor with significant press, and partly known for environmental advocacy
RecycleForce		1 2 3 4 5	An Indy-based nonprofit that combines sustainability and offender workforce reentry.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful			Indianapolis beautification community organization.
DigIndy
Marion County Public Health Department
Friends of the White River
Virginia Caine
BlueIndy
Earth Charter Indiana		1

Indiana Entries

Topic	Sources	Notes
Northwest Indiana Environmental Justice partnership and Resource Center (EJRC)	1	Center was result of an EPA grant to IUN. Lived in IUN Library, but no longer active? Probably not notable.
Indiana Citizens Mining Council		ICMC is mentioned1 as member of the Citizens Coal Council, but given that this larger, national organization does not have a Wikipedia entry, it would be easier to start there.
Denise Abdul-Rahman	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Well-known environmental justice activist from Indiana. Currently working for The Chisholm Legacy Project (a national organization in need of a Wikipedia entry); the founder of The Chisholm Legacy Project, Jacqueline "Jacqui" Patterson also needs an entry. (Note: Although well-known for their work in Indiana, it may be difficult to establish notability--see: WP:N)
Indiana Climate Coalition	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Indiana Climate Coalition appears to be a sub-group of Confront the Climate Crisis, maybe be easier to write an entry about the latter.
Lead contamination in Indiana	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Compare to Lead contamination in Oakland.
Just Transition Northwest Indiana	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	JTNWI is a member of Climate Justice Alliance.
List of Superfund sites in Indiana		Are these up to date? Compare to EPA Superfund Site Information 1
Gary Works	1 2 3 4 5 6	Very short entry, that needs expansion. Easy task: include sources for the "Notes" in the "References" list.
J-Pit, Gary, Indiana	Thesis, should not serve as main source, but may be a good source for sources 1 2 3 4 5 6	A former sand mine that became a toxic dumping ground.
Gary Development Landfill, Gary, Indiana	1	Superfund site.
Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill), Gary, Indiana	1	Superfund site.
History of coal mining in the United States	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Add a section for Indiana.
Climate change in Indiana		Needs more sources and restructuring.
Indiana Department of Environmental Management		In need of relevant content and reliable sources. Some restructuring and building out needed.
Shirley Heinze Land Trust		Needs article. Since 1981, Shirley Heinze Land Trust has preserved and restored natural lands and waters in northwestern Indiana, including some of the rarest landscapes in the state. More than 3,500 acres in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Starke, and Marshall Counties have been protected.
Indiana Forest Alliance	1, 2, 3, 4,	Start class. Needs more sources and could be built out further.
Conservation Technology Information Center		Stub class. Needs more sources. Also needs more information about its operation.
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana		Needs article. Might be notable. They have a case against FERC over their natural gas pipeline practices.

General Environmental Justice Entries

Topic	Related Current Entries	Sources	Notes
Environmental Justice			Long entry that needs some careful reorganization, see talk page
Environmental racism			Entry may be too U.S. focused, also needs some citations and cleanup.
Environmental racism in the United States			Strong entry, but the case studies section is short-winded. Perhaps add a case from Indiana?
Empire and Environmental Justice	Environmental justice; Toxic colonialism		Topic addressed, partly, in the Environmental justice entry, but this entry is a bit of a mess. The Toxic colonialism entry also needs work.
Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations	National Environmental Policy Act, Pollution in the United States	1, 2, 3, 4,	This Ex. Order is named but not well-described on a number of Wikipedia entries. Expanding the section of Pollution in the United States might be a good place to start.
Warren County PCB Landfill Protests	North Carolina PCB Protest, 1982		Controversy section needs citations. Jaireeodell (talk) 15:56, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice, Toxic Waste and Race in the United States		1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Brownfield land			Needs citations, U.S. section is too brief
Carlton R. Waterhouse			Former professor at IUPUI, current nominee for Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency. Compare to Janet McCabe.
Superfund			Needs more sources for the Native American Communities case studies.