There is a Little Village Arts Fest being held on Oct. 2nd – 4th 2009 Come out and spend your weekend attending FREE art exhibits, workshops, and performances. For more information visit www.myspace.com/littlevillageartsfest or contact Jose Aleman 773.450.9624 | littlevillageartsfest@gmail.com Laura Nuñez  312.972.3808 SEE YOU THERE!

Check out the article that came out on the front page of Hoy September 16, 2009 http://www.vivelohoy.com/noticias/localidades/chicago/vvl2-pp._4_y_5_parquesep16,0,1742158.story

Our youth group (YAOTL) will be having meetings for our News letter “El Cilantro” every Thursday at 5:30 pm. New comers are welcome, you can receive service learning hours for contributing to our news letter and coming to our meetings. Don’t miss out! Where: LVEJO 2856 S. Millard Avenue. Chicago, IL  60623 Phone: (773) 762 [...]

100,000 in Little Village wait for an open space they can enjoy By Viviana Galvan Illustration by Bushra Kabir A park isn’t too much to ask for. In Little Village, we have just one park, the 11-acre Piotrowski Park at 31st Street and Keeler Avenue, to serve more than 100,000 people, half under the age [...]

North Lawndale’s Green Youth Farm plants seeds that bear many fruits By Brenda E. Becerra Photos by Brenda E. Becerra Past vacant lots and urban concrete, stands a quarter-acre garden of healthy produce. Strawberries, squash, basil and cucumbers and other crops grow as a sign of aspiration in one of Chicago’s most oppressed neighborhoods. Each [...]

The green movement has excluded low-income people of color with the over exaggerated prices for eco-friendly products. It seems that the bias trendy green bug only bites the rich. Many of the eco-friendly cleaning products help save the Earth and are also better for your health. I provided the example of how my mother used [...]

By: Perla Cervantes When it comes down to choosing the right product for your face, young ladies go with what they think is more popular or what their instinct tells them. Yet, many young ladies don’t realize how much harm they are doing to their skin. One thing I definitely learned in my chemistry class [...]