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Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

How Environmental Racism Hurts Chicago's Marginalized Communities

African Americans in the Chicago area are dying from COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate. 

For our ongoing "Closing The Gap" series, Reset takes a closer look at how environmental racism hurts the city’s most vulnerable communities — and what’s being done about it.

GUEST: Kim Wasserman, executive director at Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

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