Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, PhD, is President of the Midway Plaisance Advisory Council (MPAC), an award-winning citizen-run organization that advocates for the protection and maintenance of the Frederick Law Olmsted landscape on the South Side, situated in the Mississippi Flyway.  She has worked diligently to educate the public about the park's historic and ecological resources while fighting to protect its endangered ecosystem, which boasts a sprawling tree canopy and wetland, currently slated for drainage.  More broadly, she has pushed for transparency and equity in park planning, highlighting issues of environmental justice and climate change that disproportionately impact under resourced Black and Brown communities. Bronwyn will give a primer on Chicago park history, with an emphasis on environmental justice and park equity, with specific reference to Olmsted Parks on Chicago’s South Side.