Round I Projects
PROJECT
Porque Nosotros? / Why Us?
Porque Nosotros? / Why Us? is a call to action campaign demanding accountability from the National Steel & Shipbuilding Company, the Port of San Diego, the Navy, and the federal government about the toxic pollution caused by the naval shipyards and their impact on public health within the communities of Barrio Logan and National City; educates the public on environmental racism and intersectionality between struggles against environmental racism and impunity of militarism in San Diego; inform the public on the ecological health impacts caused by fumes and gases that are released into the nearby environments of Barrio Logan and National City by shipyard activities like welding and painting of navy ships, including information on portside emissions like PM2.5 (particulate matter from various metals), carbon monoxides, ozone, nitrous gases and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) which cause cancer and other neurological and pulmonary problems.
LEARN ABOUT THE ARTIST + CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS
Evan Apodaca
Evan Apodaca received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is best for his film "Que Lejos Estoy," which streamed nationally on PBS in 2016. His work has been screened and exhibited at museums and galleries nationally, including the San Diego International Airport, the New Americans Museum, The New Children's Museum, and the University of New Mexico. In 2018, he was the Associate Producer and Animator for "Singing My Way to Freedom," an award-winning feature film about musician and civil-rights activist Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez. His films have been screened at the Chicano International Film Festival (LA), the Tijuana Film Festival, and the San Diego Latino Film Festival. Apodaca was a 2019 San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst fellow and recipient of the National Association of Latino Arts & Culture's Border Narrative Change Grant in 2021.