Hazel M. Johnson and Altgeld Gardens' Activism Legacy
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Hazel M. Johnson and Altgeld Gardens' Activism Legacy
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The Red Line Extension is more than transit. It's a lifeline for Chicago’s Far South Side. Cheryl Johnson, Executive Director of People for Community Recovery, shares how this project will connect Altgeld Gardens to new opportunities, building on her mother Hazel Johnson’s legacy of environmental justice and community resilience. | Chicago Transit Authority
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The Red Line Extension is more than transit. It's a lifeline for Chicago’s Far South Side. Cheryl Johnson, Executive Director of People for Community Recovery, shares how this project will connect Altgeld Gardens to new opportunities, building on her mother Hazel Johnson’s legacy of environmental justice and community resilience. | Chicago Transit Authority
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Hazel Johnson: Pioneering Environmental Justice
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Hazel Johnson: Pioneering Environmental Justice
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South Side environment activist proud to carry on her mother Hazel Johnson's mission
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South Side environment activist proud to carry on her mother Hazel Johnson's mission
Apr 22, 2022
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Respair Production & Media on Instagram: "She speaks with so much clarity. The mother of environmental justice, Hazel Johnson, represents her Chicago community of Altgeld Gardens on WTTW in 1990. Environmental justice is distinct yet interconnected with environmentalism. The first focuses on the impacts of hazardous waste on people and communities (especially at the intersections of race and class), and the second focuses on those impacts on nature and the earth. Hazel pioneered environmental ju
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Respair Production & Media on Instagram: "She speaks with so much clarity. The mother of environmental justice, Hazel Johnson, represents her Chicago community of Altgeld Gardens on WTTW in 1990. Environmental justice is distinct yet interconnected with environmentalism. The first focuses on the impacts of hazardous waste on people and communities (especially at the intersections of race and class), and the second focuses on those impacts on nature and the earth. Hazel pioneered environmental ju
299.1K viewsMar 5, 2025
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Living in a Far South Side ‘toxic doughnut,’ Hazel Johnson fought for environmental justice
Living in a Far South Side ‘toxic doughnut,’ Hazel Johnson fought for environmental justice
Feb 18, 2024
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Hazel M. Johnson helped shape the national environmental justice movement by organizing against pollution in Black communities and founding People for Community Recovery. #blackmail4u #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #HazelMJohnson #environmentaljustice #environmentalracism
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Hazel M. Johnson helped shape the national environmental justice movement by organizing against pollution in Black communities and founding People for Community Recovery. #blackmail4u #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #HazelMJohnson #environmentaljustice #environmentalracism
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'The View' honors "the mother of environmental justice" Hazel M. Johnson, whose grassroots work in 1960s' Chicago's South Side helped launch a global movement to fight the environmental hazards that disproportionately impact Black communities. #BlackHistoryMonth | The View
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Honoring the 'Mother of Environmental Justice' Hazel M. Johnson | Black History Month
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Hazel Johnson launched an environmental movement in Chicago that Trump is trying to end
Mar 7, 2025
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The Chicago Woman Who Fought to Clean Up the Southeast Side
Feb 18, 2023
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Remembering Hazel Johnson, Chicago’s ‘Mother Of Environmental Justice,’ On Earth Day
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Mother of Environmental Justice: Hazel M. Johnson
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Promo: All Cancers Matter Cancer Prevention Family Fest in Altgeld Gardens Community #cancer
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The Mother of EJ!
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The late Hazel M. Johnson is considered the Mother of #EnvironmentalJustice. She founded People for Community Recovery to help communities affected by environmental pollution. She also encouraged President Bill Clinton to sign the historic Executive Order on Environmental Justice. #womenshistorymonth | Pattrn
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Chicago’s pollution crisis hits hardest in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods. The Hazel M. Johnson Ordinance would require the city to consider existing pollution before approving new industrial developments, protecting families from unfair environmental burdens. 📢 Urge your alderperson to support this critical ordinance: https://on.lung.org/4lKjyFw | American Lung Association in Greater Chicago
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Take Action for Environmental Justice, Support the Hazel M. Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance
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Dangerous Gangs in Altgeld Gardens Chicago | Home of the Black Disciples, GDs, BPS & VLs
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Pioneering environmental justice organization threatened with eviction from South Side headquarters
Jul 20, 2023
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Black History Month: Meet Hazel Johnson Brown | History Channel
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Hazel M Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance in Chicago
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The WORST Place To Live In Chicago...
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Altgeld Gardens TV Series Trailer | Noonie G & Tammy J
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February is Black History Month! We are taking this opportunity to honour inspirational and historic black individuals in STEM throughout the month. Hazel Johnson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a region now known as “Cancer Alley” due to frequent local health impacts from the chemical industry. She was the oldest of four but the only child in her family to survive past her first birthday, then lost her parents as well when she was 12. Later on, she met her husband and they moved to a pre
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EXPLORING CHICAGO SOUTHSIDE STREETS AND HOODS AT NIGHT
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Noonie G: The Gangster Disciple Regent Who Brokered Chicago's Peace — Then Enforced It With Fear
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Giving back begins with remembering who helped you. | Talk With TAS
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BHM: Honoring Activist Hazel M. Johnson, The "Mother of Environmental Justice"
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Here’s why Congress is recognizing Hazel M. Johnson, the ‘mother of environmental justice’
May 17, 2021
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