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CCRAB is a dedicated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to conducting impactful citizen science in the communities we serve.
HOW WE STARTED
We've been empowering communities to face environmental impacts for over a decade.
We've been empowering communities to face environmental impacts for over a decade.
CCRAB originated as the Community Advisory Board (CAB) for the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC) and was established as its own nonprofit organization in 2014. We continue to partner with LAMC to address environmental and health inequities in Accabee, Chicora-Cherokee, Five Mile, Howard Heights, Liberty Hill, Rosemont, Union Heights, and Windsor Place.
WHAT WE DO
We promote citizen science and community-based participatory research to empower citizens as they respond to environmental injustice and climate change.
We promote citizen science and community-based participatory research to empower citizens as they respond to environmental injustice and climate change.
CCRAB facilitates numerous university-community partnerships to investigate environmental and public health concerns identified by residents including but not limited to:
air quality
soil quality
water quality, and
flooding and climate change impacts.
We then educate community members on environmental monitoring, teaching them how to access data and information about their communities for themselves.
OUR TEAM
CCRAB is steered by an all-volunteer working board consisting of residents of environmental justice communities, environmental activists, environmental policy leaders, community organizers, civil and chemical engineers, city planners, business owners, retired nuclear and chemistry industry workers, researchers, educators, and scientists. CCRAB strives to have representation from all base communities on its board.
We also are led by a staff of two, including Community Research Director, Najeema Washington, and Operations Mangaer, Krista Cezair.
Board
Board
Chair
Chair
Skip Mikell
(Union Heights)
Board
Board
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Herbert Maybank (Rosemont)
Board Treasurer
Board Treasurer
Chloe Stuber
Board Secretary
Board Secretary
Brian Walter
Board Member
Board Member
Karl Noble (Dorchester/
Waylyn)
Board Member
Board Member
Chance Shelley (Whipper Barony)
Board Member
Board Member
Latarsha Giles (Accabee)
Community Research Director
Community Research Director
Najeema Washington
Operations Manager
Operations Manager
Krista Cezair
CCRAB IN THE NEWS
Read features on CCRAB neighborhoods
Read features on CCRAB neighborhoods
Squeezed: Rosemont under pressure by old pollution, new development
How clean is North Charleston's air? Here's what monitors found in south end neighborhoods.
One community outside Charleston's proposed flood wall is anxious about Army Corps plan
Is pollution poisoning Charleston’s African-American and low-income communities?
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