?? Since 2021 People for Community Recovery has battled to preserve and save the historic Building C from demolition, leading to its designation as a historic landmark worthy of a new life. ??? Yesterday, CPS’ Board of Education voted to approve the transfer ownership of Building C to PCR. ?? Now under PCR’s ownership, the C Building will be revitalized to a life which restores the Green Vision of Altgeld Gardens and transformed into a green community hub: Hazel M. Johnson Institute for Sustainability and Environmental Justice. ???? Building C is listed by Landmarks Illinois as one of the 2021 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois and worthy of saving. ? Let the work continue ???? Read the original article published in June 2021: https://lnkd.in/g_vA3q_c
People for Community Recovery
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Chicago，Illinois 241 位关注者
PCR works to advocate for and support residents around issues of the environment, public health, housing, and equity.
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People for Community Recovery (PCR) was founded in June 1979 by its founder and executive director, Hazel Johnson. Her work began after observing the high rates of cancer among her friends and family in the relatively small community of the Altgeld Gardens Houses. She began calling oncology centers around the country, and later connected with Chicago and greater Illinois health departments to investigate reports industrial pollution and its subsequent affects on public health. Ms. Johnson dedicated her career to learning about urban environmental issues and and consequently disseminating this knowledge into her community. PCR learned that there are over 50 documented landfills and over 382 polluting facilities in the region surrounding Altgeld Gardens. Due to this heavy concentration of industry, low income residential communities on the Southeast side of Chicago were being exposed to substantial amounts of toxic chemicals that could be responsible for negative health impacts. With these facts in mind, for the past two decades PCR has been applying pressure on "corporate polluters" and government officials to make them aware of their negligence. It is PCR's goal to make both corporations and the government accountable to the communities in which they operate. Through extensive research and partnerships, PCR has found a significant correlation among various industrial processes-- the byproducts of which pollute the air, land and water--and the health status of urban minority communities. With perseverance, tenacity and dedication, PCR continues to be a positive force not only within the Altgeld Gardens community, but within the Environmental Justice movement at large.
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https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/
People for Community Recovery的外部链接
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- 环境服务
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- 2-10 人
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- Chicago，Illinois
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1979
- 领域
- Environmental Justice、Clean Energy Jobs、Housing Rights、Environmental Education和Air Quality Monitoring
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13330 S Corliss Ave
US，Illinois，Chicago，60827
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??? BREAKING NEWS: Today People for Community Recovery has been granted ownership of Building C in Altgeld Gardens on the far South Side of Chicago. ?? This is a historic accomplishment as PCR has battled since 2021 to preserve and save the building from demolition, leading to its designation as a historic landmark worthy of a new life. Now under PCR’s ownership, the C Building will be revitalized to a life which restores the Green Vision of Altgeld Gardens and transformed into a green community hub: Hazel M. Johnson Institute for Sustainability and Environmental Justice. ???? Named after PCR’s founder and resident of Altgeld Gardens, known internationally as the mother of the environmental justice movement, PCR plans to restore the building into a sustainable community center that will serve as a community resilience hub, remediation and renewable energy job training center, and host youth educational and afterschool programming, community events and more.????? Building C is listed by Landmarks Illinois as one of the 2021 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois and worthy of saving. Thank you to the Chicago Public Schools’ Board of Education who voted to approve the transfer ownership of Building C to People for Community Recovery. ??
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People for Community Recovery's Deputy Director Courtney Hanson will present at the 2024 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings on Monday, August 5th! Attend her presentation on Transforming Energy Decision-Making Spaces in the Midwest.
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Join People for Community Recovery this Thursday, January 25th as we celebrate the birthday of our founder, the late Hazel Johnson. Hazel was known as the mother of the environmental justice movement, and on the 25th we'll host a conversation on the movement she founded and our continued work. Learn more and register here: www.pcrchi.org/events We are thrilled to welcome guest speaker Dr. David N. Pellow who is Dehlsen Chair and Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he teaches courses on social change movements, environmental justice, human-animal conflicts, sustainability, and social inequality, in conversation with PCR executive director Cheryl Johnson for this special Zoom event.
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Today marks thirteen years since the late Hazel M. Johnson, Mother of the Environmental Justice Movement and founder of PCR passed. Every day, but especially today we honor her. ?? Join us later this month on Jan. 25 for our annual celebration of Hazel's birthday, and conversation on the movement she founded and our continued work. Featuring PCR Executive Director Cheryl Johnson and guest speaker Dr. David N. Pellow. Sign up for this special Zoom event here: www.tinyurl.com/hazel2024 or www.pcrchi.org/events
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Yesterday PCR’s Executive Director Cheryl Johnson was honored as one of thirty global leaders on?Business Insider’s Climate Action 30 List?working toward climate solutions in 2023. ?? Read her profile here: https://lnkd.in/gEQZ3H8Q
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