Chicago Politics

Featuring Chicago’s Black Leaders: Commissioner Precious Brady-Davis

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This Black History Month, we’re proud to spotlight Commissioner Precious Brady-Davis from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Commissioner Brady-Davis is a Chicago-based leader dedicated to social justice, equity, and inclusion. Her impactful work uplifts communities and honors the legacy of environmental justice pioneers. Together, we celebrate resilience and progress.

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0:00 Hi, my name is Commissioner Precious Freddie Davis. I'm one of the commissioners at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. For the entirety of my career, I have been dedicated to issues of social justice, issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, issues that uplift the marginalized. I want people to see that I'm a proud, out, Black, trans woman. I'm a wife, I'm a mother, a woman who is committed to community.

0:32 Whether it's my work at Columbia College Chicago, extending the bench of access to higher education. My work at Sierra Club for nearly a decade working to transition to renewable sources of energy. Or my work currently at Center on Halstead serving the LGBTQ community. community. Community is everything. I am inspired by the great legacy of the mother of environmental justice, Hazel Johnson, who took on environmental injustice and all get gardens and created change

1:10 for a community. Black History Month is a time in which we and the African-American community, we celebrate our great accomplishments. We celebrate our contributions to American culture and seeing that the accomplishments and the contributions of African Americans, that they are all throughout society. I think it's important for people to get involved in their local communities.

1:40 And that's why I'm so proud to be a local official. We're at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, protecting the source of our drinking water.

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