Community Citizen

Tonika Johnson is a creative from Chicago’s South Side Englewood neighborhood. Her ongoing project, Folded Map, visually investigates disparities among segregated Chicago residents while bringing them together to have a conversation, debuted as an exhibit at Loyola University Museum of Art in 2018. In 2022, she was named a Landmark Illinois' Influencer for her current "Inequity For Sale," project that highlights the living history of Greater Englewood homes sold on discriminatory Land Sale Contracts in the 50's and 60's. She is also a lead co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective and the Resident Assoc. of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) Visit www.tonikaj.com to see more.