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The name Hazel Johnson is synonymous with the term environmental justice. For those who are not aware of that, Respair Production & Media’s podcast “Help This Garden Grow” spells it out, documentary-style, over six episodes. The late Johnson was the founder of the nonprofit People for Community Recovery, an Altgeld Gardens community-based organization that has been fighting environmental . ....
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The name Hazel Johnson is synonymous with the term environmental justice. For those who are not aware of that, Respair Production & Media’s podcast “Help This Garden Grow” spells it out, documentary-style, over six episodes. The late Johnson was the founder of the nonprofit People for Community Recovery, an Altgeld Gardens community-based organization that has been fighting environmental . ....
It is easy to miss the plaque nestled amidst the trees and expanse of lawn near 29th Street along the lakefront on Chicago’s South Side. Paid for by York High School students in the predominantly white suburb of Elmhurst, 26km (16 miles) east of Chicago, it was installed in 2009. But, today, 102 years after one of the longest and bloodiest race riots in the city’s history, few Chicagoans are aware of the marker or the events it commemorates. According to Peter Cole, founding director of the Chicago Race Riot (CRR19) project, “no one in Illinois actually thinks about or remembers the Chicago race riot of 1919, let alone its legacy.” ....