Youngstown moratorium on pyrolysis

Kayshia Washington, SOBE Concerned Citizen Community Organizer, and Yvonka Hall, Executive Director of NEOBHC On Friday, October 17, 2025, SOBE Concerned Citizens was honored at the Annual Faith and Leaders Luncheon by the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition in Cleveland, Ohio at Windows on the River. SCC was one of five Resilience Rising Warrior Honorees. The Resilience Rising Warrior awards are for the exemplary small environmental organizations throughout Northeast Ohio

Pyrolysis plans put on hold as equipment in Youngstown OH is repossessed due to financial problems

SOBE Concerned Citizens has been working with Kramer Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve since 2023. The pro-bono lawyers wrote the...

Public Town Hall Meeting by SOBE Concerned Citizens, Youngstown, Ohio August 11, 2025 - 5pm-8pm

citizens group calls for reform of the Ohio EPA

Company that aims to build and run a shredded tire pyrolysis operation next to downtown Youngstown is embroiled in multiple legal issues

Photo credit: Nancilynn Gatta, The Vindicator SOBE Concerned Citizens tabled at the ALTA Head Start Recruitment Fair on July 10, 2025...

Updates of SOBE Thermal to be given at Public Townhall Meeting Monday, August 11, 2025 5pm-8pm Richard W. and Eugenia C. Atkinson...

Lynn Anderson and Kayshia Washington tabling at Juneteenth Festival It was a hot day on June 21, 2025 and this did not stop the numerous...