immediate, and urgent concerns which directly impact communities inhabited by people of color. (10) Johnson also strove to hold both businesses and the government responsible for how their actions impact the environment. (11) Johnson was given the 1992 President’s Environment and Conservation Challenge Award in recognition of her environmental justice work. (12) Notably, Johnson was instrumental in pressuring President Bill Clinton to sign the Environmental Justice Executive Order, which holds the Federal Government accountable for urban communities exposed to pollution. (13) In 2004, sociologist David Naguib Pellow credited Johnson and the People for Community Recovery with putting the South Side of Chicago on the radar screen for activists and policy makers around the United States who are concerned about environmental racism . (14) On January 12, 2011, the Illinois General Assembly, by way of a House Joint Resolution, designated the portion of 130th Street from the Bishop Ford Freeway to State Street in Chicago as the Hazel Johnson EJ Way . (15) Johnson was a visionary, who was able to foresee the impacts of failing to address environmental and social justice conditions. (16) Johnson’s work earned her the title of mother of the environmental justice movement . 3. Hazel M. Johnson commemorative postage stamp (a) In general The Postmaster General shall issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Hazel M. Johnson. (b) Denomination