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Advocate Fights to Preserve Family Farm Legacy

3/5/2026

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Story summary
  • Cameron Oglesby, an environmental justice advocate from Upper Marlborough, Maryland, recounts her family's century-long struggle to keep their farm.
  • She says land represents wealth and links to descendants of enslaved peoples and Indigenous communities.
  • She recounts challenges, including a nearby prison that threatens their quality of life.
  • Oglesby founded the Environmental Justice Oral History Project to archive resilience stories.