Proctor Creek Watershed Watch: A Photovoice Project

In this collaborative effort, Community Improvement Association and West Atlanta Watershed Alliance have come together to facilitate a place-based study to explore cumulative environmental stressors and social factors in the Proctor Creek Watershed. After decades of community disinvestment and neglect, this project serves as an opportunity to support the watershed residents in identifying and documenting adverse environmental and public health hazards of concern through photovoice and participatory mapping. The project is intended to enhance community capacity for future engagement in research and assist residents in their efforts to influence policy decisions that impact the Proctor Creek watershed. Results were presented at the 2015 U.S. EPA Community Involvement Training Conference. Watch the presentation here.