While public safety has become a central issue in the upcoming mayoral runoff, community activists are hoping to shine a light on environmental justice in their neighborhoods.
While public safety has become a central issue in the upcoming mayoral runoff, community activists are hoping to shine a light on environmental justice in their neighborhoods, calling on the candidates to pay attention and take action.
Apollonia, her younger brother, and her mother all suffer from asthma. They said the family-shared disease is not a coincidence, but rather a result of living in Pilsen – a community activists say has been long targeted by industrial pollution. "Their co-conspirators are elected officials and bureaucrats, who protect and support them," said Southwest Environmental Alliance leader Teresa Reyes McNamara.suggested city officials could have prevented Hilco's botched implosion at the former Crawford power plant, which caused a dust cloud to blanket the community of Little Village in 2020; an incident fresh on the minds of many.
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