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The newest installment of the Criminalization of our Neighbors Series: "Noxious and Neglected Neighborhoods: Examining the Impacts of Environmental Racism in Chicago."

Please join us for panel discussions on the current state of environmental racism with a Chicago focus. Panels will feature experts from the scientific experts, legal and health practitioners, and advocacy organizations with experience dealing with environmental issues that disproportionately affect marginalized populations. We will also hear about the impacts environmental racism has on these communities through the lens of someone who has lived in an inflicted neighborhood and has suffered consequences from it.

The goal of this event is to bring awareness to the multitude of issues that environmental racism has caused in Black and Latinx communities. Environmental racism contributes to inequities in urban planning including industrial corridors placement, urban renewal, redlining, segregation, food scarcity, public transportation accessibility, and city-facilitated infrastructure maintenance. The historic placement of environmental carcinogen-producing industrial corridors in proximity to predominantly Black and Latinx neighborhoods has created devastating health complications for residents and polluted natural resources nearby beyond repair. Environmental Racism is not just a severe injustice on the community level, but has both city, state, national, and global implications. Our hope is to spark conversations amongst the community about how we can help with advocacy efforts to educate, support, and raise awareness of the impacts of system racism in housing policy, zoning, community maintenance, resource access, and overall quality of living for our neighbors living in affected communities.

This program is facilitated through the partnerships of the DePaul University Library, Vincent G. Rinn Law Library, the Center for Public Interest Law, and the Jaharis Health Law Institute. Special thanks to our external partners: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), People for Community Recovery (PCR), Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), Top Box Foods, and Erie Health Center and affiliates. CLE has been requested for eligible attendees.

Attendance is free and open to the general public. Registration in advance is required to attend. Attendees will have the opportunity to select in-person or virtual attendance. In-person attendance is limited and will be held at DePaul University’s DePaul Conference Center, 8005 (8th floor of the the DePaul Center, downtown campus). All virtual attendees will receive a link to join shortly before the webinar begins. Attendees will be allowed entry to the online webinar beginning at 3:15pm.

 

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