How Environmental Racism Hurts Chicago’s Marginalized Communities

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

How Environmental Racism Hurts Chicago’s Marginalized Communities

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.

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