Two community events upcoming in Dallas will offer residents the opportunity to learn more about environmental justice.
Downwinders at Risk, an environmental group that has worked in Dallas for over 30 years to promote clean air and environmental justice, is hosting the free events to educate attendees about its ongoing work and current campaigns aimed at removing industrial facilities from neighborhoods.
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Residents can join the Dallas Toxic Tour on Dec. 6. It’s a guided bus and walking tour through areas that often come up in local discussions about air quality and community well-being.
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The tour gives participants a chance to see neighborhoods up close, including places like Joppa and parts of West Dallas, where industrial sites sit alongside homes, parks and churches.
Guides help explain how these sites ended up where they are, what residents have advocated for and how city leaders have responded in recent years.
Event details
When: Saturday, Dec. 6 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: The group meets at Good Coworking, 1808 S. Good Latimer Expressway
More information: https://tinyurl.com/Dallastoxictour
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A screening of “Dallas’s Toxic Twins”, a documentary that follows the long-standing concerns many families have raised about industrial pollution in West and southern Dallas neighborhoods, will be presented on Dec. 13.
The film explores how everyday life is shaped by nearby factories, the experiences of neighbors over time, and why conversations about environmental health have become increasingly vocal.
People hold signs during a news conference to announce Toxic Twins: Fund the Fund Campaign outside Dallas City Hall, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Dallas. The campaign pushes for the removal of TAMKO and GAF through the city’s nonconforming use fund.
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There will be a conversation and Q&A with community organizers, moderated by Matt Goodman, editor and co-founder of The Lab Report.
The event is open to anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the issue through stories and on-the-ground perspectives.
Both events come at a moment when environmental concerns are part of a broader public conversation.
In Joppa, residents have spent years raising concerns about the health impacts associated with nearby industrial activity. City officials have recently signaled interest in reassessing some long-standing facilities, which has added new attention to these neighborhoods and their history.
For people who don’t live in these areas, the documentary and the tour offer a straightforward way to learn what environmental justice looks like in daily life, not through policy papers, but through a film, a walk and conversations with fellow Dallas residents, said Caleb Roberts, director at Downwinders at Risk.
When: Saturday, Dec. 13, at noon
Where: Pegasus City Brewery, 1508 Commerce St.
More information: https://tinyurl.com/ToxicTwinsDoc
RSVP is encouraged.
For more information about Downwinders at Risk, visit their website, https://www.downwindersatrisk.org/.