Chicago, IL
Exhibition & Events
Past Events
Edith Tovar and Juliana Pino Alcaraz with Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO). On LVEJO’s #LaVillitaRespira Campaign in response to the Crawford Plant demolition and future construction of a distribution center by Hilco Co.
Wed. Sep. 16, 2020
4:30-5:30PM CST
Dr. Antonio Lopez, ECJ Scholar & Activist. On current efforts of EJ organizations to protect their communities, and shared lessons of power and environmental racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wed. Sep. 30, 2020
4:30-5:30PM CST
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All programs 4:30-5:30PM CST
Wed. Oct. 7, 2020
Ian Zeitlin with Sunrise Movement – Chicago Hub
Wed. Oct. 14, 2020
Oscar Chacón with
Alianza Americas
Wed. Oct. 28, 2020
Amalia NietoGomez with Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE) & Olga Bautista with Alliance for the Great Lakes
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The University of Illinois-Chicago’s Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center will host Jessie Fuentes of Chicago’s Puerto Rican Cultural Center for a presentation on Puerto Rico’s reconstruction process after several hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the island. Fuentes, a scholar and activist, will discuss the ways residents have endured an exhausting, draining, and daunting recovery process rooted in Puerto Rico’s history of slavery and racism.
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This event is part of the Latino Cultural Center’s series of virtual presentations and dialogues exploring themes from their local story for Climates of Inequality, “Resisting Cycles of Environmental Injustice in Little Village.”
The University of Illinois-Chicago’s Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center will host Cheryl Johnson of People for Community Recovery (CPR) for a presentation on the organization’s community organizing and advocacy efforts in the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on Chicago’s South Side.
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This event is part of the Latino Cultural Center’s series of virtual presentations and dialogues exploring themes from their local story for Climates of Inequality, “Resisting Cycles of Environmental Injustice in Little Village.”
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of online presentations this Fall with environmental and climate justice advocates from across the country and abroad. Their work reveals frameworks and solutions that utilize a justice and equity lens integrating social and economic issues to address toxic pollution and combat the climate crisis. Students in LALS 495/ ANTH 494/ MUSE 400 will facilitate a dialogue with the presenters.
(October 13th, 2021 – 4:30pm-5:30pm CST) Just Transition Alliance Executive Director, José Bravo, will talk about the principles of Just Transition and how climate justice and chemicals policy relate to communities fighting for environmental and labor justice.
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Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of online presentations this Fall with environmental and climate justice advocates from across the country and abroad. Their work reveals frameworks and solutions that utilize a justice and equity lens integrating social and economic issues to address toxic pollution and combat the climate crisis. Students in LALS 495/ ANTH 494/ MUSE 400 will facilitate a dialogue with the presenters.
(November 3, 2021 – 4:30pm-5:30pm CST )Professor Ricia Anne Chansky along with two graduate students, Natalia M. Betancourt Malave and Aleyshka Estevez Quintana, will discuss the significance of mutual aid as a form of resistance and solidarity in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and during COVID-19. They will focus on the ways in which frontline communities build responses to climate disasters.
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Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of online presentations this Fall with environmental and climate justice advocates from across the country and abroad. Their work reveals frameworks and solutions that utilize a justice and equity lens integrating social and economic issues to address toxic pollution and combat the climate crisis. Students in LALS 495/ ANTH 494/ MUSE 400 will facilitate a dialogue with the presenters.
(November 10, 2021- 4:30pm CST) Maria Lopez-Nuñez is the Director of Environmental Justice and Community Development at Ironbound Community Corporation. Maria will talk about challenging the current political system and holding power brokers and polluters accountable while fighting for environmental, housing, immigrant, and racial justice.
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Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of virtual conversations with environmental and climate justice leaders this semester. Their work reveals frameworks and strategies to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change and environmental pollution on communities of color and low-income earners. Student leaders will facilitate the post-presentation conversations.
Rachel Lawrence-Foster is a community organizer with the Chicago Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (CCHRP). In this presentation, she will share the campaign calling for the release of Filipino-American youth organizer, Chantal Anicoche, who was captured by the Philippines Armed Forces on January 1st, 2026 while joining indigenous land defenders in Mindoro, Philippines who are resisting corporate development and environmental destruction. In this presentation, CCHRP will explore how international solidarity is essential to building a sustainable and equitable world.
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of virtual conversations with environmental and climate justice leaders this semester. Their work reveals frameworks and strategies to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change and environmental pollution on communities of color and low-income earners.
Cheryl Johnson serves as the Executive Director of People for Community Recovery (PCR). She is the daughter of the late Hazel M. Johnson, known as the “mother of environmental justice” who founded PCR in 1979. Cheryl learned the fundamentals of community organizing from her mother and carries on the work of PCR’s mission to enhance the quality of life of residents living in communities affected by pollution. In this presentation, she will discuss the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance and other campaigns that continue to honor the legacy of Hazel Johnson.”
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of virtual conversations with environmental and climate justice leaders this semester. Their work reveals frameworks and strategies to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change and environmental pollution on communities of color and low-income earners. Student leaders will facilitate the post-presentation conversations.
Aurora Conley is Anishinaabe raised in Bad River, Wisconsin and currently works for Mashkiziibii Natural Resources Department with the Land Office. She also serves her Tribal Council as Senior Council member. Aurora is an activist, advocate, and Mother with a passion for Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights & Sovereignty. She is concerned with the state of democracy for future generations. In this presentation, she will share Line 5 pipeline developments and explore pathways of oil, water and community.