Racial Justice
This man, the first black president of the United States, got his political start working as a community organizer in Chicago.
This term describes the following phenomenon: for every $1 earned by non-Hispanic, white men, Latina women earn just 57 cents.
Latina Pay Gap
An executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with enforcement of environmental regulations and protecting the environment.
During this month, Mexico won independence from Spain. In Chicago, the rich history of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the city is celebrated with car caravans and a parade in Pilsen.
September
Girl Scouts of America
A form of systemic oppression of minorities where the minorities are disproportionately more affected by ecological damage.
Environmental Racism
This man was cofounder of the Black Panther Party. He was originally part of the Chicago Eight; the group became known as the Chicago Seven when his case was severed from the other defendants involved in protesting during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Bobby Seale
This term refers to a situation in which women are promoted to higher positions during times of crisis or duress, or during a recession when the chance of failure is more likely.
Glass Cliff
The decade in which the Environmental Justice movement started.
1980s