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Peter is making quite the impact in the Chicago Beyond Coal ad campaign! More outlets have gotten wind of the ad launch and have started connecting the coal fights on both the local and national level: The American Independent: http://www.americanindependent.com/194831/obamas-smog-decision-backed-by-big-business-donors-called-a-huge-loss-for-public-health “I want to fight for my kid to be able to breathe, [...] Little Village, Chicago-At 11:00am today, six activists with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), Rising Tide North America, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and the Backbone Campaign were arrested after climbing the fence to Midwest Generation’s controversial Crawford coal plant in Little Village. The activists unfurled a 7′ x 30′ banner atop a 20 [...] 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, [...]
by Melanie Cervantes of JustSeeds The City of Chicago has a history of privatizing public assets in order to get a quick influx of cash to fill budget holes (the Chicago Skyway and the city’s parking meters were both leased out to private companies, to name a couple examples). Chicago’s economic state is not getting any better, but rather than looking for creative, long-term solutions, the city is continuing with their short-sighted strategy of looking for publicly owned resources to sell off to the highest bidder. The next thing handed over to a for-profit corporation may be a resource so basic that no one can live without it – our public water system. Continue reading Don’t Privatize Our Water DATE: Friday, February 25th, 2011 TIME: 7:00 PM-9:00pm LOCATION: Little Village Lawndale Social Justice High School – 3120 South Kostner Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623 The Arizona ban on Mexican American Studies represents an attack on immigrants, people of color, youth, teachers, community control of schools, and critical pedagogy. Norma Gonzales and Jose Gonzales [...] Last spring we featured an article that spoke about the different charrettes OpenSpace was conducting across the little village community. We are happy to announce that all that data was compiled and converted into two models by our amazing intern from The Art Institute of Chicago Willa Crolius. These two models—affectionately and practically [...] |
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