Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition - MEJAC

10/08/2026

TONIGHT at 8pm. Plenty of time to go to both the Africatown Welcome Center update meeting at the Hope Center starting at 5:30pm and to catch this incredible performer downtown.

🔥🌍 MOBILE, THIS IS MORE THAN MUSIC. THIS IS CULTURE, HISTORY & COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER! 🌍🔥

THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 8TH, KAZOOLA IS WHERE HISTORY MEETS THE RHYTHM! 🥁

Get ready for WE STAND UP! — VOICES OF RESISTANCE, a powerful cultural experience celebrating the historic connection between Benin, West Africa, and Africatown, Mobile, Alabama!

We’re excited to welcome YEWHE YETON, a leading Beninese hip-hop artist, bringing his music, artistry, and powerful cultural expression LIVE to Kazoola!

🥁 TRADITIONAL BENIN DRUMMING WORKSHOPS

Experience the rhythms and traditions of West Africa with the Mobile Alabama Africatown Drummers (MAAD), featuring Wayne Curtis!

But this isn’t just another night of entertainment.

This is about OUR HISTORY. OUR COMMUNITY. OUR VOICE. OUR POWER.

Through music, storytelling, cultural education, and meaningful conversation, we’ll explore the historic ties between Benin and Africatown while celebrating resilience, civic participation, and the importance of making our voices heard.

📅 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2026
⏰ 8:00 PM
📍 Kazoola Entertainment & Eatery
558 Dauphin Street | Downtown Mobile, AL

Presented by STAND UP Mobile and the Mobile Alabama Africatown Drummers (MAAD).

Mobile, opportunities to experience culture, music, and history coming together like this don’t happen every day.

Bring your friends, your family, and anyone who appreciates the power of our heritage and community.

ONE PEOPLE. ONE HISTORY. MANY VOICES.

🔥 WE STAND UP! BECAUSE OUR HISTORY LIVES HERE! 🔥

10/06/2026

It's time to get in the habit of checking the US National Weather Service Mobile Alabama page for the latest briefing throughout your day this week. A hurricane will make landfall near us on Friday. Stay informed. Stay safe.

🌀 4PM 10/6 Tropical Update: NHC has now designated the disturbance in the southwestern Gulf as Tropical Depression Nine. All interests along the Northern Gulf Coast should pay attention to the latest forecasts. Confidence is increasing that we will see impacts to the local area including:
🌊 High Surf and Dangerous Boating Conditions
🌧️ Heavy Rainfall Leading to Flash Flooding
🏖️ HIGH Rip Current Risk

07/28/2026

Data Center update from the Prichard City Councilor Roy Smith II: "Have questions about the proposed data center project?

Council Vice President Smith encourages Prichard community members to attend this informational community meeting.

Join the discussion on Wednesday, July 29, at 4:00 p.m. in the Prichard City Council Chambers at 216 E. Prichard Avenue for an informational video presentation from a recent tour Councilman Smith took of a data center."

https://thecityofprichard.org/2026/07/28/council-vice-president-smith-to-hold-data-center-video-tour-screening/

07/22/2026

This Saturday!

Waterways Resource Day is here! Claim Your Waterways Resource Day!

Join us on Saturday, July 25th, 10am - 2pm at Kidd Park Pool (800 East St, Mobile, AL 36610) for a day of fun and learning.

Enjoy:
• Arts & Crafts
• Learn about local waterways resources
• Explore maritime job opportunities for adults

This event is presented by the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation Swim Program and is fun for the whole family!

Special thanks to our sponsors: Black in Marine Science (BIMS), iyai (Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure), Mobile Baykeeper, and Mobile Parks and Recreation. Don't miss out! We hope to see you there.

07/15/2026

Unacceptable.

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to scrap its requirement for public feedback on some new industrial facilities — including many data centers — a move that environmental activists say they interpret as the latest step by the Trump administration to aid the artificial intelligence sector amid growing backlash.

As the nation’s AI industry builds out at high speed, mom-and-pop organizers and environmental advocacy groups across the country have written to regulators and packed hearings to oppose air permits for data centers in their communities.

Read more: nbcnews.to/4yfGFzj

07/11/2026

UPDATE: Due to the extreme heat, the Mobile County Training School - MCTS Alumni Association Lantern Walk planned for this evening at 6pm tonight has altered from a walk to a gathering at Union Missionary Baptist Church and the Africatown Plateau Cemetery.

07/10/2026

A weekend of amazing and beautiful Africatown events are just getting started. Come out and have a good time!

07/08/2026

SO MANY AFRICATOWN EVENTS!! CHECK IT OUT!!
July 10-12 - The The Clotilda Story - Clotilda Descendants Association's annual Landing Event and Ancestors Festival will be taking place alongside the first Africatown Middle Passage Convening, the annual Africatown Plateau-Pacers' community walk & kickball game, the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation's Swim Program, tours of the historic Mobile County Training School - MCTS Alumni Association Whippets Den and a Lantern Walk, a tent revival at First Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, kayak tours at the new Lewis Landing Park by the Mobile Baykeeper, guided tours to the Clotilda wreck site by ALL Things Africatown / Africa Town Freedom Tours / What You Say! Touring, and much more!

These events are all happening at various venues throughout Mobile County, Alabama across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

With so many events happening in Africatown this weekend, here's a decent breakdown of all the opportunities to come out and join in the observations, celebrations, games, food, prayers, and history in the making.

All listed events are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, though a handful of events REQUIRE RSVP and/or TICKETS (links are listed below)! NO RSVP/TICKET LINK? JUST SHOW UP!

~~~~~~~~FRIDAY, JULY 10~~~~~~~~

• 9:00–10:30 AM — Africatown Middle Passage Convening Kickoff at Lewis Landing, 1365 Conception Street Rd, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Africatown Middle Passage Convening

• 10:00 AM–5:00 PM — Open House at Africatown Heritage House (free to Mobile County residents), 2465 Wimbush St, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Africatown Heritage House

• 11:00 AM–3:00 PM — Landing Event and Ancestor Festival at the Robert Hope Community Center Park, 850 Edwards St, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Clotilda Descendants Association

• 3:30–5:30 PM — Open House at Mobile County Training School Den, 800 Whitley St, Mobile, AL 36610 (far east end of building)
Sponsor: Mobile County Training School Alumni Association

• 6:30–8:00 PM — Community Revival at First Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, 664 Shelby St, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Area churches

~~~~~~~~SATURDAY, JULY 11~~~~~~~~

• 10:00 AM–6:00 PM — Food Trucks at Kidd Park, 800 East St, Mobile, AL 36610

• 7:00–11:00 AM — 5th Anniversary Community Walk and Kickball at Kidd Park, 800 East St, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Africatown Plateau Pacers

• 8:00–9:30 AM — Africatown Bridge Landing Ceremony at 101 Bay Bridge Road, Mobile, Alabama 36610 (on the Mobile River west bank under the Africatown Bridge)
Sponsor: Clotilda Descendants Association

• 9:00 AM–12:00 PM — Fishing and Kayaking at Lewis Landing (all materials provided at no cost, first come first serve, for ages 9+, all skill levels welcome),

1365 Conception Street Rd, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Mobile Baykeeper

• 9:00 AM–5:00 PM — Africatown Swim Program (drop in to learn more) at the Kidd Park Pool, 800 East St, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation

• 10:00 AM–12:00 PM — “Social Justice and Strategies for Engagement” Young Leaders Summit at Africatown Hall, 2201 Paper Mill Rd, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Operation Understanding DC

• 1:30–3:30 PM — Cruise to Site of the Clotilda Wreck, depart from Mobile Riverfront at the Mobile Convention Center parking garage (downtown, directly on the Mobile River), 1 S Water St, Mobile, AL 36602 (PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/blakeleypark/items/490376/calendar/2026/07/?flow=no&full-items=yes)
Sponsor: ALL Things Africatown, What You Say! Touring, Africatown Freedom Tours, Blakeley State Park

• 1:00–3:00 PM — Preservation/Documentation Workshop at Africatown Hall (REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/africatown-middle-passage-convening-tickets-1988334390687), 2201 Paper Mill Rd, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Africatown Middle Passage Convening

• 4:00–5:30 PM — Closing Convening and Next Steps Session at the Mobile County Training School Den, 800 Whitley St, Mobile, AL 36610 (far east end of building)
Sponsor: Africatown Middle Passage Convening

• 6:00 PM — Lantern Walk, starting at Mobile County Training School, 800 Whitley St, Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Mobile County Training School Alumni Association

~~~~~~~~SUNDAY, JULY 12~~~~~~~~

• 10:30 AM — Worship Service at Union Missionary Baptist Church, 506 Africatown Blvd (formerly Bay Bridge Rd), Mobile, AL 36610
Sponsor: Clotilda Descendants Association, Union Missionary Baptist Church

• 8:00 AM–3:00 PM — All Churches Open to Visitors

~~~~~~~~MORE DETAILS~~~~~~~~

For more info on the Clotilda Descendants Association Landing Event and Ancestors Festival activities: https://theclotildastory.com/2026-landing-event-and-ancestor-festival/

For more info on the Africatown Middle Passage Convening activities: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/africatown-middle-passage-convening-tickets-1988334390687

07/02/2026

Air quality is a huge weakness in our state. Dust, fumes, haze, noxious odors, cancerous emissions, ultra fine diesel emissions (directly linked with stroke, cardiac, and neurological disorder risk), etc are all mostly ignored or treated as unimportant afterthoughts whole communities living near heavy concentrations of polluting facilities bear the brunt of the impacts to their health and quality of life while being told essentially "it's all in your head". When will Alabama elected officials take enough notice to care about what's happening under the state air program?

Three sites that were exempted have a long history of air pollution violations. For environmental justice advocates, the exemptions are just the latest setback in a decades-long fight for the health of local residents. Read more 👇

06/30/2026

Be safe. Be aware of warnings, use common sense, and look out for one another.

A warning from health officials as many people in the News 5 area get ready for some holiday fun in the water. https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/mobile-county-health-officials-warn-of-bacteria-in-coastal-waters-ahead-of-the-holiday/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WKRG