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Hazel M. Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance

🌎 This Earth Day, let’s fight for people and the planet.


The Hazel M. Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance is about protecting Chicago’s frontline communities from being treated like dumping grounds. It calls on the City to stop ignoring the compounding effects of pollution in Black, Brown, and working-class neighborhoods.



🛑 No more permits without considering the cumulative impact of pollution.

✊🏽 No more environmental racism in our communities.


Hazel M. Johnson fought for environmental justice on the South Side—and we’re carrying that legacy forward.


📣 This Earth Day, demand action.

📍Tell City Council: Pass the Cumulative Impacts Ordinance now.


Thank you to Alderwomen Manaa-Hoppenworth for supporting this ordinance!



Hazel M. Johnson’s tireless and lifelong advocacy for environmental justice helped bring lifesaving protections to those who suffered from environmental injustice. Her activism began when her husband died of lung cancer at age 41 and she realized the prevalence of skin and respiratory issues among her seven children was related to the prevalence of pollution and environmental hazards concentrated in and nearby their public housing development, Altgeld Gardens Homes, on Chicago’s South Side. Johnson successfully pressured the Chicago Housing Authority to remove asbestos from the Altgeld Gardens Homes, and the City of Chicago to agree to a moratorium on new landfills, among other local victories. She founded People for Community Recovery in 1979 to educate and empower residents on the South Side of Chicago to fight for environmental protections, and against environmental racism, in their communities.


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