{"id":3545,"date":"2020-09-01T22:47:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi-temp\/?post_type=happening&#038;p=3545"},"modified":"2020-11-05T19:46:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T19:46:41","slug":"climates-of-inequality-virtual-events-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"happening","link":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/happening\/climates-of-inequality-virtual-events-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"September Climates of Inequality Virtual Events      in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UIC_La-Villita-Cover-Photo_Crawford-600x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UIC_La-Villita-Cover-Photo_Crawford-600x431.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UIC_La-Villita-Cover-Photo_Crawford-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UIC_La-Villita-Cover-Photo_Crawford.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The Crawford Generating Station in Chicago&#8217;s Little Village, pictured in 1987. The plant closed in 2012 due to local grassroots activism.<br>&nbsp;Courtesy of Library of Congress. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This fall our partners at the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Rafael Cintr\u00f3n Ortiz Latino Cultural Center will host a series of virtual presentations and dialogues drawing on their local story, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi-temp\/story\/resisting-cycles-of-environmental-injustice-in-la-villita\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resisting Cycles of Environmental Injustice in Little Village<\/a>.\u201d Environmental and climate justice leaders will highlight how front-line communities in the Chicago region impacted by environmental pollution, climate change, and\u2014more recently\u2014COVID-19 are demanding justice and putting forward a vision to create healthier and safer communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join them on selected Wednesdays (September 2-November 18), 4:30pm-5:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSVP\/Register here: <a href=\"http:\/\/uic-lcc.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/uic-lcc.eventbrite.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>September 16th <\/em>\u2013 <strong>Edith Tovar<\/strong> and <strong>Julian Pino Alcaraz<\/strong> with Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) will discuss LVEJO\u2019s #LaVillitaRespira campaign in response to the demolition of the Crawford Power Plant and the planned construction of a distribution center on the site by Hilco Co.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>September 30th<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Dr. Antonio Lopez<\/strong>, ECJ Scholar and Activist will discuss current efforts by EJ organizations to protect their communities and highlight shared lessons of power and environmental racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the Latino Cultural Center, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/latinocultural.uic.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/latinocultural.uic.edu\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get to know HAL and LCC\u2019s community partners in Chicago,<a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lvejo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Little Village Environmental Justice Organization<\/a> and <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alianzaamericas.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alianza Americas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3549,"template":"","happening_theme":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/happening\/3545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/happening"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/happening"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"happening_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.coreytegeler.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/happening_theme?post=3545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}