Soil Toil and Basement-to-Attic Justice Discussion Series

Exploring Environmental and Spatial Justice with Legacy Bridge NC

Welcome to Legacy Bridge NC’s newest storytelling blog spaces – Soil Toil and Basement-to-Attic Justice.

These two blog series invite you to explore how land, faith, and community come together to shape a more just and regenerative East Winston. Each month, we will share reflections, essays, and voices from the ground that center environmental and spatial justice – especially as they connect to the Brownfields land development on 32+ acres in East Winston.

Soil Toil: Grounded Conversations

The Soil Toil series digs deeply into community-rooted and movement-centered reflections. These pieces capture the pulse of East Winston through storytelling, dialogue, and lived experiences – what we are calling a 'voices from the ground' approach. Here, you will hear from residents, organizers, and community partners who are shaping the land, nurturing the soil, and reclaiming power in East Winston.

Basement-to-Attic Justice: Elevated Reflections

Our Basement-to-Attic Justice essays rise from lived experience (the Basement) toward spiritual and theological connections and insights (the Attic). These writings explore how faith, organizing, and imagination come together to build just and sustainable communities.We will reflect on the sacred work of land stewardship, participatory planning, and the moral call to environmental justice – all through the lens of East Winston’s transformation.

Developing Discussion Themes:

• Communities-as-Congregations – (Click here for the prologue introducing this themed discussion)

• Environmental and Spatial Justice in East Winston

• Theologically Based Practices in Ecological Sufficiency

• [Re]Modeling Land Ownership and Stewardship – resisting extractive capitalism

• Community Organizing and Participatory Planning – the Voices of Solidarity model

• Food, Housing, and Health Justice – who nourishes East Winston?

• Voices from the Ground – interviews and reflections from community members

• The Theology of Land Liberation – 32 Acres and a Mule

• Wholeness, Authenticity, and Justice – as sacred acts of neighborly kindness

• The Economics of Soul & Soil – Preaching While Eating

• Jesus, Justice, and the Politics of Resource Distribution

• Regenerative Futures and Spiritual Solidarity Ecology

Join the Conversation

As these writings unfold, we invite you to read, reflect, and respond. Whether you are a community member, faith leader, activist, or ally, your perspective matters in the ongoing story of East Winston’s renewal.