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We are excited to share that we're part of the newly created Climate Justice Alliance, a group of local organizations working for climate equity. To kick off our work, we are putting a film screening together today at the Palm Theater.
COOKED: Survival by Zip Code Time & location: 1PM at the Palm Theater
Film description: In the summer of 1995, Chicago experienced an unthinkable disaster, when extremely high humidity and a layer of heat-retaining pollution drove the heat index up to more than 126 degrees. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of this tragic heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. When peeled away from the shocking headlines the story reveals the less newsworthy but long-term crisis of pernicious poverty, economic, and social isolation and racism. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?
There will be a community discussion following the screening featuring highlights of local resiliency programs and resources.
Tickets here:
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