Recording artiste iestro has released a touching tribute to the number one lady in his life with the new single ‘ Mama Hazel’. “This song is for the mothers of the world. This track stands out for me because it is dedicated to the very first.
Father and son artistes iestro and Akhice have taken a painful situation and turned it into a track titled Heartache to inspire listeners.
"The inspiration for this song came from my .
Recording artiste iestro has released a heartfelt song titled Heartache in collaboration with his son and fellow artiste, Akhice, who he said inspired the single. “When his mom passed away, he couldn’t attend the funeral because his paperwork.
Hazel Johnson (1935-2011) is considered by many to be the mother of environmental justice. For more than 30 years, she pressed local officials and corporations to clean up toxic waste and pollution in her southeast Chicago community of Altgeld Gardens. (Courtesy of People for Community Recovery)
She was a community activist.
She was an ambassador of Altgeld Gardens.
She was an early mentor to Barack Obama.
She was a thorn in the side of the Chicago waste industry.
She was a wife and mother of seven children.
She is the mother of the environmental justice movement.
For more than 30 years, Hazel Johnson worked to clean up her corner of Chicago s southeast side. Her relentless advocacy made her a fixture in local news, and her story has been told in profiles and books and kept alive among her peers in the struggle for environmental justice. But one aspect of her life that s been less explored is her faith.