Evanston Environmental Justice Conversation Series

Join us on Saturday, April 5 from 1-3 pm, we are hosting Alderwoman Maria Hadden who chairs the Chicago City Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy, and we will have a panel of community advocates conversing around our theme of effective partnerships between municipal and community-based organizations. This is part of the Evanston Environmental Justice Conversation Series, a partnership between the Evanston/North Shore NAACP branch and the Stead Center for Ethics and Values and the Center for the Church and the Black Experience at Garrett Seminary. Additionally, we will be presenting a workshop on air monitoring to celebrate launching the NAACP and Stead’s new partnership on an “Air Monitor Library-of-Things” with the Evanston Public Library and Unitarian Church of Evanston Endowment. This project will have a specific focus on outreach to census tracts in Evanston most directly impacted by environmental racism so that persons can get specific external and internal readings on air quality in their home utilizing a free air sensor borrowed through the Evanston Public Library.

Location: Loder Hall @ the northeast corner of the Northwestern Place Parking Lot