Traveling to Black Oaks Center, a Black-owned farm located in Pembroke, Illinois, roughly 80 miles south of Chicago, Derion Melton looked out at the farmland as he ate his lunch, taking it all in. “The fact that I’m far from home is already a big thing in itself,” Melton said. “I’m not in my own […] The post Chicago youth fight for a better future through the summer Environmental Justice Freedom School appeared first on Chicago Reader. ...read more read less