Crossing Latinidades reports
The Chicago Latine Voices on Environmental & Climate Change Racism study aims to better understand how Latine communities experience, cope, and contest the disparate impacts of pollution and extreme climate change events. We focused on the Chicago context and included some of its surrounding suburban area. The study is one of three University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) research studies under the Climate and Environmental Justice Crossing Latinidades project and in collaboration with the University of California at Irvine and University of Texas at Arlington. This collaborative research is under the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative.
Our study has disclosed a series of residents’ concerns, attitudes, and assets that served to organize the findings into three main themes for deeper analysis:
1. Recognizing the critical intersection of environmental and social justice
2. Underscoring who the real polluters are and demanding accountability
3. Placekeeping and activating cultural assets
