Josina Morita Moves to Cook County Board, Becoming Its First Asian American Woman Commissioner
CHICAGO, Illinois — The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) announced on November 8 that Commissioner Josina Morita will leave the district's board to become Cook County Commissioner for the 13th District. Elected on November 3, she will be the first Asian American woman to serve as a Cook County commissioner.
The district said Morita worked during her tenure to make the agency more inclusive, leading its Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebrations honoring Asian American elected officials and distributing a bilingual Chinese-English children's book, "Where Does the Water Go?", to students across the county to explain wastewater treatment and water careers. She also championed restoring the urban tree canopy, handing out large numbers of district oak saplings to residents.
Morita chairs the Illinois Asian American Caucus, founded in 2019 to secure resources and representation for Asian Americans in Illinois. She also serves as director of the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations and sits on the Illinois Racial Profiling and Data Oversight Board, the Asian American Employment Plan Advisory Council and the Chicago Equity Council. The district's November 17 board meeting will be her last.
(Source: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago)
Source: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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