Draft: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

Where: Virtual and in person!

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Suggested Focus: Environmental justice in Indiana

What to bring: Your laptop, power adapter, and any reference materials you'd like to work from or share

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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.

Please note: This is a crowdsourced list. You can help us by adding to it!

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			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.