File #: 23-1092    Version: Name: A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/19/2023 In control: Environment and Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 1/26/2023 Final action: 2/9/2023
Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-1092 (Environment and Sustainability Committee 2/8/2023) A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WHEREAS, Cook County Government plays a vital role in improving the environment and quality of life for all residents of Cook County; and WHEREAS, Environmental Justice raises awareness of the relationship between the environment and systemic racism; and WHEREAS, many areas along Cook County's industrial corridors have become increasingly residential and home to growing immigrant communities and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by air, land and water pollutants; and WHEREAS, communities of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental injustices that have produced racially disparate environmental health, and socioeconomic outcomes for generations; and WHEREAS, Environmental Justice emphasizes community partnership, empowerment and participation by those most impacted by environmental racism; and WHEREAS, ...
Sponsors: JOSINA MORITA, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, BILL LOWRY, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, MAGGIE TREVOR, DONNA MILLER, BRANDON JOHNSON, DENNIS DEER
Attachments: 1. APPENDIX A Environment Justice Principles
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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 23-1092
(Environment and Sustainability Committee 2/8/2023)

A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

WHEREAS, Cook County Government plays a vital role in improving the environment and quality of life for all residents of Cook County; and

WHEREAS, Environmental Justice raises awareness of the relationship between the environment and systemic racism; and

WHEREAS, many areas along Cook County's industrial corridors have become increasingly residential and home to growing immigrant communities and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by air, land and water pollutants; and

WHEREAS, communities of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental injustices that have produced racially disparate environmental health, and socioeconomic outcomes for generations; and

WHEREAS, Environmental Justice emphasizes community partnership, empowerment and participation by those most impacted by environmental racism; and

WHEREAS, Cook County can play a role in repairing past environmental injustices by proactively supporting and investing in environmental justice communities; and

WHEREAS, The Environmental Justice Movement has roots in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Hazel M. Johnson, a Chicago resident who founded People for a Community Recovery and fought environmental racism in her community at Altgeld Gardens, is widely recognized as The Mother of the Environmental Justice Movement; and

WHEREAS, Chicago and Cook County has a long history of environmental justice organizing by Black, Latine, Asian American and Native communities; and

WHEREAS, Cook County further solidified its commitment to environmental justice as well as advancing health equity and climate justice by passing Resolution 22-3910 and participating in the Justice 40 Initiatives introduced by the federal government; and

WHEREAS, Resolution 22-3910 encouraged Cook County to apply for grants for the purpose of advancing the principles of th...

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