ELPC Thinks Case Study for Progress: How to Turn a Toxic Waste Dump into a Park

Join the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Alliance of the Southeast, and Friends of the Parks for a behind-the-scenes look at how community power, legal strategy, and sustained advocacy stopped a proposed 25-foot-high vertical toxic waste dump on Chicago’s Southeast Side lakefront.

This conversation will explore how an alliance of neighborhood organizations, civic groups, and environmental attorneys came together to defeat a misguided plan that would have further endangered an environmental justice community and Lake Michigan’s shoreline. Now, that same site will be restored and transformed into a public park.

Speakers:
* Howard Learner , CEO & Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
* Amalia NietoGomez , Executive Director, Alliance of the Southeast
* Brian Gladstein, Executive Director, Friends of the Parks

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: Noon CT

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