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Change Agents

Posted inCommunity Organizing

Southeast Side Change Agents

by Bridget Vaughn and City Bureau November 26, 2021December 3, 2021

When U.S. Steel South Works shuttered its doors in 1992, the Southeast Side was still a thriving community. Steel mill workers were paid enough to buy homes, send their children to college, and take vacations. Yet, the community’s place as a former industrial hub has also made it environmentally overburdened, and in addition to a […]

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