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After new Champaign Mayor, Don Gerard, made disparaging remarks about the 5th & Hill Neighborhood Rights Campaign and the data they had collected highlighting ground water contamination in the neighborhood, the campaign called for a public meeting…

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A brief monthly update of 5th & Hill Neighborhood Rights Campaign with information regarding a toxic waste pipe at Boneyard Creek with photos.

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An award letter addressed to Maggie Cook to be honored alongside four other 5th & Hill leaders: MD Pelmore, Ebbie Cook, Eileen Oldham and Jessie Clarette.

The John Lee Johnson Award for social justice in the community was granted to these…

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Letter to the editor (newspaper unknown) from Eileen Oldham, 5th and Hill community resident. Oldham developed cancer that is believed to have been caused by contaminated groundwater in her community. The letter is a plea for a repeal of the Ground…

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A page from Jerry Carden's photo album showing three different angles of a GCAP float created for a 4th of July Parade. The float includes squares created for the AIDS Memorial Quilt and a sign thanking volunteers for their contributions.

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Part 2 of 3 of the interview with Jerry Carden, founding chair of the Gay Community AIDS Project, (GCAP, now known as the Greater Community AIDS Project) speaking about his experience with AIDS activism in the Champaign-Urbana community during the…

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Part 1 of 3 of the interview with Jerry Carden, founding chair of the Gay Community AIDS Project (GCAP, now known as the Greater Community AIDS Project) speaking about his experience with AIDS activism in the Champaign-Urbana community during the 80s…

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Part 3 of 3 of the interview with Jerry Carden, founding chair of the Gay Community AIDS Project, (GCAP, now known as the Greater Community AIDS Project) speaking about his experience with AIDS activism in the Champaign-Urbana community during the…

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The News-Gazette "Local" section feature on the Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) Annual Award Dinner. The article includes pictures of Claudia Lenhoff, Maggie Cook, and other key figures in 5th & Hill Neighborhood Rights Campaign.

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There are multiple documents describing what the WRFU 104.5 fm is and how it is for the community. There are mission statements on what WRFU wants to help achieve as well as an example, Books to Prisoners project. There is also information on how…
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