Help This Garden Grow

Subscribe to Help This Garden Grow, a new podcast docuseries coming soon on 7/27/23!Help This Garden Grow tells the story of Hazel Johnson, a visionary of the Environmental Justice movement and a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South Side of Chicago. Hazel is the founder of People for Community Recovery, a 40 year-old organization that fights to address the toxic industrial pollution that has been killing the members of her community. Over the course of the multigenerational multipart documentary, hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger talk with organizers, policy-makers, historians, and community members about how PCR emerged and led, the legacy of Ms. Johnson's work, and how this marginalized Chicago pocket built the lineage of today's vibrant, impactful, and necessary modern environmental justice movement. Help This Garden Grow is presented by Respair Production & Media, Elevate, and People for Community Recovery.RSVP for the Release Party at the Harold Washington Library Winter Garden - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/help-this-garden-grow-release-party-tickets-668272128927Get in tune with Respair - http://respairmedia.comSupport PCR - https://peopleforcommunityrecovery.orgLearn about Elevate - https://elevatenp.org

We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our lives and our world.Show NotesSupport the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donateLearn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/Music CreditsContact by AnitekSunrise Drive by South London HiFiIntelligent Galaxy by The InsiderRoy by JBlankedSpilled Beans by Gurty BeatsLife Is by Cosimo FoggMerry Bay by Ghostrifter OfficialCatch My Breath by Ambient BoyBe Quiet by JahzzarAshes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberation, and personal lineages that make up the area.Show NotesSupport the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donateLearn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/Music CreditsContact by AnitekTalky Beat by Twin MusicomCinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor QuendelSmooth Lovin by Kevin MacleodToo Cool by Kevin MacleodGreen by YoitraxBe Quiet by JahzzarAshes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We learn about and from Hazel's early fights scrapping with the power of the state, and the new possibilities for healing that she created.Show NotesSupport the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donateLearn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/Music CreditsContact by AnitekCinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor QuendelMorning by KVBe Quiet by JahzzarAshes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We hear Hazel become a mother of the newly coalesced global Environmental Justice movement and take EJ to the highest halls of power, while still connecting the dots in her home community.Show NotesSupport the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donateLearn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/Music CreditsHipster’s Meditation by IShaaminContact by AnitekMoney by JahzzarCooling by AudiobingerBe Quiet by JahzzarAshes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

As her health begins to wain, Hazel passes the baton to her daughter Cheryl who guides PCR through the treacherous waters of attacks, blackballing, and disrespect.Show NotesSupport the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donateLearn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/Music CreditsContact by AnitekMounsell Forts by Roger PlexicoCinematic Sentimental Lullaby Sketch - Celesta only version by Gregor QuendelFunk by Podington BearCooling by AudiobingerBe Quiet by JahzzarAshes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young

We follow where Hazel's legacy lives in Chicago’s EJ struggles today, and commit to the mission of actualizing the legacy Hazel envisioned.Show NotesSupport the work of People for Community Recovery - https://www.peopleforcommunityrecovery.org/join-our-fight/donateLearn about Respair Production & Media - https://www.respairmedia.com/Music CreditsContact by AnitekIntelligent Galaxy by The InsiderSmooth Lovin by Kevin MacleodPlainsong by dust motesBe Quiet by JahzzarAshes by AANI - produced by Adlai, mixing/mastering by Nicky Young