Lang Opportunity Scholarship

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I was a Lang Opportunity Scholar at Swarthmore College. This program gave me resources and support to design and complete a social action project of my design.

In the summer of 2009, I implemented greenRELAY, a project to amplify the impact of environmental justice organizations through online movement building.

To help prepare for this project, I worked in the summer of 2008 with Alternatives for Community and Environment, an environmental justice nonprofit in Roxbury, MA. I had an amazing time at ACE helping to put on their biggest annual events (Jammin’ for Justice and EJ in the ‘Hood), blogging, updating the website, meeting new friends, and attending community meetings.

Read the blog entries I wrote during my time at ACE here.

Pictures of greenRELAY’s youth programs:



“http://greenrelay.org”

From greenRELAY, posted by Anson Stewart on 6/26/2009 (42 items)

At Olvera Street in front of Union Station after an MTA Board Meeting Stories about …
Getting ready to ride the subway (yes, Los Angeles has a subway) http://greenrelay.o…
Boarding http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/stories/star-transit/
Group discussion before a walk through the neighborhood http://greenrelay.org/lang/e…


Walking around the block http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/youth/trash-what-to-do
Blogging http://greenrelay.org
Future businessmen http://greenrelay.org/topics/pollution/
Workshop about disproportionate transportation investment http://greenrelay.org/lang…


Research projects http://greenrelay.org/topics/pollution/
Research projects http://greenrelay.org/topics/pollution/
Presentation on the architecture of “security” http://greenrelay.org/topics/police-s…
Group research presentations http://greenrelay.org/topics/police-state/


Rally at Mayor Villaraigosa’s inauguration http://greenrelay.org/?s=inauguration
Setting up a videoconference with students on the East Coast http://greenrelay.org/l…
Waving to students in West Philadelphia http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/categories/you…
Rally about California’s budget cuts http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/events/cuts-that-…


Producing a video http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/events/protest-against-budget-cuts-v…
Signing up with the Community Coalition of South LA http://greenrelay.org/topics/cal…
Evaluating our carbon footprints http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/whos-the-greenes…
Evaluating our carbon footprints http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/whos-the-greenes…


Evaluating our carbon footprints http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/whos-the-greenes…
In front of the Griffith Observatory http://greenrelay.org/topics/environmental-raci…
Looking out at the city we’ve been studying http://greenrelay.org/topics/environment…
Photographer http://greenrelay.org/topics/photos/


Photographer http://greenrelay.org/topics/photos/
In front of Downtown LA http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/stories/city-of-quartz-fortres…
Looking out over LA http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/stories/city-of-quartz-fortress-l-…
Above the city http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/stories/city-of-quartz-fortress-l-a


Above the city http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/stories/city-of-quartz-fortress-l-a
Building our own city http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/the-negatives-of-the-struct…
Building our own city http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/the-negatives-of-the-struct…
Construction http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/the-negatives-of-the-structure-of-lo…


Our own city http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/the-negatives-of-the-structure-of-lo…
Our own city http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/news/the-negatives-of-the-structure-of-lo…
Discussion http://greenrelay.org/topics/public-space/
Processing an inmate http://greenrelay.org/topics/prison-state/


Breaking the law http://greenrelay.org/topics/prison-state/
Focused on construction http://greenrelay.org/topics/green-jobs/
In jail http://greenrelay.org/topics/prison-state/
Finishing an activity http://greenrelay.org


Discussion http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/categories/youth/
Debriefing http://greenrelay.org/lang/en/categories/youth/


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