This July 18, 2020 photo shows The R.E.C. team (Regular Everyday Citizens) in East St. Louis, Ill. The cleanup is part of Empire 13’s Boots to the Streets Campaign, which addresses racial and social issues related to discrimination in Black communities. Empire 13, which J.D. Dixon formed, is a grassroots organization of Black workers from Empire Comfort Systems in Belleville who want to end racism in the workplace and beyond. Dixon is a machine operator at Empire. (DeAsia Page/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)
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