The Reeves family has worked to ameliorate harms and create opportunities in Grays Ferry, a predominantly Black community directly next to the South Philadelphia refinery’s old north yard. As part of their efforts to demand a more just future for their families and community in the wake of the refinery explosion in 2019, the Reeves family has partnered with the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities to share their perspectives on living with a refinery through the sharing of oral histories.
