Mission

Midway Residents for Environmental Justice is a group of citizens organized to fight toxic pollution in the Midway Village Project Housing community in Daly City, CA. The community stands on soil from an adjacent Superfund site polluted in the early 1900s by a PG&E gas manufacturing plant. Since evidence of pollution was disclosed in 1990, Midway Residents have been fighting through direct action and legal channels to facilitate clean-up, relocation, health care, and compensation.

Issues

Toxics, Energy, Siting, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Cancer

Activities

Direct Action, Campaigning, Legal Action, Community Organizing, Health Monitoring/Reporting

Programs/
Projects

Midway residents have undertaken two suits of the federal government and PG&E in relation to the effects of pollution on their site. They have additionally staged protests and undertaken mail and media campaigning in fighting for their cause. Current efforts center on collecting health histories from residents and school children and starting a community newsletter to inform people in the community about the organization and the status of the cleanup.

Constitutency

Low-income, Urban, African American, Latino, Asian

Geographical Focus

Local

Staff

None

Volunteers

10 local volunteers as well as partners in other justice groups

Membership Base

community members, youth organizations

Annuual Budget

$10,000

Year Founded

1990