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Newest Events:
Congratulations
to
Brenda Becerra
for her
WBEZ Segment on the Clean Power
Campaigns
effort to pass a City Ordinance.
Environmental Justice Campaigns:
Celotex Clean-up
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Clean Power
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Little Village Park
Facilities -
P.U.D.D.J.
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Public Transit
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Urban Gardens
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Youth
Close the coal plants in Pilsen and Little Village!
LVEJO News & Events:
Now Hiring:
Clean Power
Organizer or click
here to download the job description.
Chicago, Il: *Activists target Carbon Trading @ Chicago Climate Exchange - 12 arrested
Our mission is to work with our families, coworkers, and neighbors to improve our environment and lives in Little Village and through out Chicago through democracy in action. We work for a real voice in building democracy, including if, how, when and where any development of our communities takes place, as the basis for environmental, economic and social justice. Our environment is where we live, work, study, play and pray. We work with, not against our Mother Earth and Nature to once again make our air healthy to breath, our water safe to drink, and to free our earth from poisons to grow healthy foods.
We believe democracy means giving time and space for every voice to be heard and counted in everyday matters, full participation in all types of decision-making that affects our lives, and determining the future of our neighborhood and city. Little Village Park Facilities
We work to unite our community's talents, assets, and power to build a society that treats all of us equally: no matter what race, culture, ethnicity, age, or gender we are. In Unity we have the strength to forge economic, environmental and social justice to overcome the barriers of poverty that surround us and build self-determination.
We work for justice at home and abroad, connecting our local struggle for democracy with the global one and live by the principle that, as working and poor people of color, we have the right to control our lives and resources.
In 2003, Marisol volunteered with Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) to map and inventory the toxins found within 150 blocks of her predominantly Mexican-American community, Little Village in Chicago. Marisol was enraged to discover that in Little Village more than 60,000 youth in a two-mile radius of the Fisk and Crawford Coal Power Plants are forced to breathe air that violates EPA standards...read more.
General information:
NEW TIMES: The Youth meetings are Wednesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays 5-7 El Cilantro and qualification for summer intern Thursdays 4:30-6:00 Coal Art | 6:00-7:30
NEW:
The Story of Cap and Trade
(Great Video Story)
Climate Crisis Vignettes: Videos from the
Opening Session
of WE ACT's Advancing Climate Justice Conference
Les injustices sont aussi environnementales Unique French
view of LV by
Chicago
Communities Fight for Clean Air
Environmental Research Foundation / Rachel's News
Archive
now housed with LVEJO (En Español)
CTA Bus Schedules
http://transitchicago.com/maps/bus/bus.html
CTA Bus Tracker
http://ctabustracker.com/bustime/home.jsp
RTA Trip Planner http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/
Chicago Community Bicycle Project
www.chibikeproject.org
Congratulations to Brenda Becerra!
View the J. Dunn Toxic Tour slideshow
* Little Village Artisans Market pinata (download flier as PDF)
Sun. Dec. 6th - 10 am - 2 pm
Las Isabelles Store Hall - 2702 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL 60623
The Little Village Artisans Market is a great way to allow local artists to market and sell their products within the community and strengthen the local economy at the same time. Local artistry is a proud niche in the Little Village community and we would like to continue to honor these artisans by allowing a space for sharing, networking and building community.If you are interested in hosting a table please contact Raquel Nunez at (773) 762.6991, In English: download form here, In Spanish download form here.
The 2009 Cooperative Education and Training Institute
In Our Backyards: Defending the Environmental Commons
Each November, over 400 participants from all over the United States, Canada and beyond converge in Ann Arbor, Michigan to share ideas, learn new skills, and look at issues affecting the cooperative movement worldwide.
At the 2009 NASCO Institute, we will build on last year's analysis of cooperatives and land rights to explore the the current and future roles of cooperatives in environmental justice work at the local, regional, and global level. We will rethink how we produce, transport, and consume; share everyday tools for just sustainability in cooperative practices; and create cooperative solutions that spark change in "our backyards."
Online Registration is Open! http://www.nasco.coop/node/2509 October 6: Early Registration Deadline
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