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HERC: Our Current Reality / Our Future comics are a joint effort of the Center for Earth, Energy & Democracy (CEED) & the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table to incite continued awareness and advocacy efforts to the ultimate closure of the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC), a large trash incinerator in Minneapolis that has unleashed toxic pollution into surrounding communities. The second chapter of the comic envisions a brighter future, with our communities healing and recovering together after shutting down the HERC.

Artist Lynda Grafito illustrated both chapters in collaboration with Natalya Arevalo, Erick Boustead, Nazir Khan, and our community members who contributed to the creative process behind these stories.