Sk8 in the Hood Auction LVEJO in partnership with Sk8 Gallery announce the Sk8 in the Hood Auction whose mission is to build a bridge between the the artist’s community and LVEJO .Through this collaboration we intend to bring awareness to our communities about the environmental justice issues which effect us all through environmentally themed [...]
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Aug 13
Third Annual Skate in the Hood Jam!
Download this flier We hope this message finds you in good spirits. Come to Little Village this Saturday for Our Third Annual Skate in the Hood Jam. Check out the flier. Come in the morning for family events and to learn about community organizations. The skate competition will start at 1:30 bands will play at [...]
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Marisol Becerra | Power Shift 09
In 2003, Marisol Becerra 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 [...]
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Jul 08
Media Training for the Youth
Media training during the week of spring break.YAOTL took a week long media training facilitated by Marisol Becerra (LVEJO board co-chair and co-founder of El Cilantro-the youth newsletter) and Mindy Faber (Open Youth Networks). The youth learned how toconduct interviews with community members, document their stories to address and highlight environmental justice issues and how [...]
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Second Annual FCYO
Two YAOTL members attended the second annual FCYO convening in the Bay Area in late April. Eleven national environmental justice organizations with strong youth leadership bodies were granted funds and brought together to share strategies and best practices and to build a platform for a youth led environmental justice movement. Brenda and Juan facilitated a [...]
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