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The Repair Lab is collecting | The Repair Lab is collecting donations to maintain and expand [[Main Page|Voices in the Dust]]. | ||
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[[Main Page|Voices in the Dust]], the research it includes, and the labor it describes have come at considerable cost. | [[Main Page|Voices in the Dust]], the research it includes, and the labor it describes have come at considerable cost. Why has it cost residents, activists, and advocates so much to engage in democratic processes with billion-dollar corporations? Why has it cost so much to collect and produce the evidence to compel decision-makers and regulators to respond when there have been decades of community complaints? When the black dust residues are visible with an unaided eye? The [[Repair Lab]] includes their costs below for the sake of financial transparency. | ||
We highlight the immense day-to-day costs borne by residents who subsidize coal export through the [[Coal Terminals in the Port of Virginia|Dominion Terminal Associates]], [[Coal Terminals in the Port of Virginia|Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals]], and [[Coal Terminals in the Port of Virginia|Norfolk Southern Pier 6 Terminal]] with their physical and mental health and quality of life. | |||
In 2021–2024, the [[Repair Lab]] received $2,000,000 from the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy. However, not all these funds were dedicated to the [[Repair Lab|Repair Lab Practitioner-in-Residence program]] or research and activities around [[Particulate Matter and Coal Dust|coal dust]]. Financial support from Karsh Institute of Democracy was also used for work on sea-level rise in Norfolk, educational programing and opportunities for University of Virginia undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral scholars, and the production of artistic works and academic books on [[Environmental Justice|environmental justice]]. | |||
In 2024–2026, the Repair Lab received $663,471 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. These funds were spent on collecting and analyzing dust samples from inside residents' homes and conducting oral histories and surveys of residents on how coal dust impacts their lives, primarily in Southeast Newport News. This grant also supported to creation of the [[About Voices in the Dust|pre-release version]] of [[Main Page|Voices in the Dust]]. | |||
Anthropocene Institute (2025), and the University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences Goodell Fund (2024, 2025). The [[Repair Lab]] received $2,000,000 from the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy (2021–2024), although not all these funds were dedicated to the either the Repair Lab Practitioner-in-Residence program or research and activities around coal dust. | |||
Revision as of 17:47, 17 February 2026
Support Voices in the Dust
The Repair Lab is collecting donations to maintain and expand Voices in the Dust.
One community training workshop
Resident compensation
Food
Space rental
Childcare
Oral historian
Voices in the Dust Editorial Board
Costs to Date
Voices in the Dust, the research it includes, and the labor it describes have come at considerable cost. Why has it cost residents, activists, and advocates so much to engage in democratic processes with billion-dollar corporations? Why has it cost so much to collect and produce the evidence to compel decision-makers and regulators to respond when there have been decades of community complaints? When the black dust residues are visible with an unaided eye? The Repair Lab includes their costs below for the sake of financial transparency.
We highlight the immense day-to-day costs borne by residents who subsidize coal export through the Dominion Terminal Associates, Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals, and Norfolk Southern Pier 6 Terminal with their physical and mental health and quality of life.
In 2021–2024, the Repair Lab received $2,000,000 from the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy. However, not all these funds were dedicated to the Repair Lab Practitioner-in-Residence program or research and activities around coal dust. Financial support from Karsh Institute of Democracy was also used for work on sea-level rise in Norfolk, educational programing and opportunities for University of Virginia undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral scholars, and the production of artistic works and academic books on environmental justice.
In 2024–2026, the Repair Lab received $663,471 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. These funds were spent on collecting and analyzing dust samples from inside residents' homes and conducting oral histories and surveys of residents on how coal dust impacts their lives, primarily in Southeast Newport News. This grant also supported to creation of the pre-release version of Voices in the Dust.
Anthropocene Institute (2025), and the University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences Goodell Fund (2024, 2025). The Repair Lab received $2,000,000 from the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy (2021–2024), although not all these funds were dedicated to the either the Repair Lab Practitioner-in-Residence program or research and activities around coal dust.