Teona Williams

The Links Between Policing and Environmental Justice

September 28, 2020September 27, 2020 Teona Williams #BlackEcologies, Chicago, police brutality, police violence, University of Chicago

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. At 10:15

Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago

September 13, 2018September 18, 2018 Teona Williams Activism, Chicago, environment, Great Migration, Migration

Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called