16th Annual Celebration and Fundraising Dinner: “Si Se Pudo”
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Invites Everyone! “Si Se Pudo” to commemorate LVEJO’s recent four victories: 1) the shutting down of two Coal Power Plants in Chicago; 2) the westend extension of the35th Bus Route to 31st Street; 3) the planning stages of Park # 533, a 24-acres open space park on 28th and S. [...]
Park 553 is finally on it’s way!
Cick on either image for a full sized view of the proposals After 15 years of advocating for a new park in Little Village Park 553 is on its way. Last night the Chicago Park District introduced two concept ideas for Park 553. The Park will be built on a 23 acre former Superfund Site [...]
The weekend of November 4th, LVEJO took a group of volunteers to Knox College in Galesburg for a conference called ‘Beaming Bioneers.’ The ideology behind Bioneers is that nature and social justice are connected. The conference addressed issues such as the future of food, education, and how these two topics relate to the overall health [...]
The mood could not have been better as the Urban Land Volunteers gathered around the table on the second floor of the restaurant “La Justicia” for their joint dinner. Everything was falling into place, it seemed, as the local news channel reported on our story right before we had our first spoonful of food. Gathering [...]
Little Village has been continually working on a campaign to increase the amount of green space in the community. That hard work has begun to pay off in big ways. On October 25th, there will be an event to show off the the progress that has been made and to formally announce the community garden [...]
Friday October 7, 3:30 p.m. October 8, 2011 by miparquelv Mi Parque is one of the ten finalists in the Apps for Metro Chicago contest. Public voting is open until October 14, 5 pm. We encourage everyone to review the apps and vote for their top picks. We hope that Mi Parque is one of [...]
The perfect weather accompanied the perfect setting as LVEJO’s staff and volunteers hurriedly set up the makeshift venue on the 30th block of Lawndale, adjacent to what is to become a community park. Tents, tables, chairs, skate ramps, and a full stage marked the site of the organizations annual Green For The People fest which [...]
There are many things in Little Village for which we are very proud to have in large numbers. Some of those things are large number of families, gardeners, youth, murals, restaurants, businesses etc. but “open space” is not one of them. In fact our community only has one park for its 10,000 residents which makes [...]
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