LVEJO http://www.lvejo.org Leadership Development for the Sustainable Self Determination of Little Village Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:39:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Three Lessons on How Communities Can Support the Struggle for Water Justice | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Blog http://www.lvejo.org/three-lessons-on-how-communities-can-support-the-struggle-for-water-justice-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-lessons-on-how-communities-can-support-the-struggle-for-water-justice-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-blog http://www.lvejo.org/three-lessons-on-how-communities-can-support-the-struggle-for-water-justice-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-blog/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:39:44 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1736 Access to clean, safe water is a basic human right—a right we strive to protect in our Chicago neighborhood. These important lessons we’ve learned along the way may help other communities facing similar challenges. Brenda Santoyo and Jeremiah Muhammad | September 22, 2022 10:00 AM [Original post on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation blog here including […]

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]]> http://www.lvejo.org/three-lessons-on-how-communities-can-support-the-struggle-for-water-justice-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-blog/feed/ 0 Revealed: the ‘shocking’ levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water http://www.lvejo.org/shockingtoxicleadguardian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shockingtoxicleadguardian Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:51:47 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1722 Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxic metal, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards Erin McCormick, Aliya Uteuova and Taylor Moore with photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis for the Guardian UK | September 21, 2022 03:00 PM [Original post on Guardian UK website here including full graphics.] One in 20 […]

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]]> Water & Health In Little Village 2.0: An Environmental Justice Study http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-2-0-an-environmental-justice-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-health-in-little-village-2-0-an-environmental-justice-study http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-2-0-an-environmental-justice-study/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2022 22:03:15 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1674 This collaborative study between the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) compares health and water-related conditions in Little Village to the Near North Side, and to Chicago city-wide. Chicago neighborhood data is reported by “community area”: 77 areas with defined boundaries that can include one or more neighborhoods. Little Village […]

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]]> http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-2-0-an-environmental-justice-study/feed/ 0 NEW: Little Village Economic and Public Health Analysis http://www.lvejo.org/little-village-economic-and-public-health-analysis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-village-economic-and-public-health-analysis http://www.lvejo.org/little-village-economic-and-public-health-analysis/#respond Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1595 The South Lawndale community has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With case numbers and deaths that rank among the highest in the City of Chicago, residents of South Lawndale have faced the negative effects of pandemic as an exacerbation of existing economic and public health inequities. To better understand and address these inequities, […]

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]]> http://www.lvejo.org/little-village-economic-and-public-health-analysis/feed/ 0 Illinois House Advances Critical Environmental Justice Legislation http://www.lvejo.org/illinois-house-advances-critical-environmental-justice-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illinois-house-advances-critical-environmental-justice-legislation http://www.lvejo.org/illinois-house-advances-critical-environmental-justice-legislation/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:27:13 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1587 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carlos Enriquez, CEJN, carlos@setaskforce.org, 815-342-5717 Ivan Moreno, NRDC, imoreno@nrdc.org, 773-799-6455 Illinois House Advances Critical Environmental Justice Legislation  SPRINGFIELD, IL (March 4, 2022) – The Illinois House advanced yesterday the Illinois Environmental Justice Act (HB4093/SB2906) that would reform zoning and permitting processes for industrial facilities in the state. Advocates say that the bill would […]

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]]> http://www.lvejo.org/illinois-house-advances-critical-environmental-justice-legislation/feed/ 0 Authentic Collaboration: Critical to Equitable Outcomes http://www.lvejo.org/authentic-collaboration-critical-to-equitable-outcomes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=authentic-collaboration-critical-to-equitable-outcomes Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:32:50 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1579 by Nancy Meza, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Cyatharine Alias, Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) | January 28, 2022 [Original post on CNT website here.] Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), an environmental justice (EJ) organization based in the Little Village neighborhood, and Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), a research and data analytic planning […]

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]]> Illinois House Passes Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, Nation-Leading Clean Energy Bill that Prioritizes Disadvantaged Communities http://www.lvejo.org/illinois-house-passes-nation-leading-climate-and-equitable-jobs-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illinois-house-passes-nation-leading-climate-and-equitable-jobs-act Fri, 10 Sep 2021 02:30:31 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1518 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Juliana Pino, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization,  jpino@lvejo.org, 312-344-3143 Illinois House Passes Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, Nation-Leading Clean Energy Bill that Prioritizes Disadvantaged Communities  SPRINGFIELD, IL (Sept. 9, 2021) — The Illinois House of Representatives advanced the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) today that can transform the state’s power […]

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]]> NEW: Water & Health in Little Village Study http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-health-in-little-village-study http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-study/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:04:25 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1441 Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) have partnered together to explore the cumulative burden of COVID-19, lack of access to drinking water, and urban flooding, in the Little Village neighborhood, an environmental justice community. LVEJO and CNT are collaborating on a study to better understand the impacts of drinking […]

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]]> http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-study/feed/ 0 Chicagoland Latinx Communities Face Barriers to Water Access http://www.lvejo.org/chicagoland-latinx-communities-face-barriers-to-water-access/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chicagoland-latinx-communities-face-barriers-to-water-access http://www.lvejo.org/chicagoland-latinx-communities-face-barriers-to-water-access/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:39:05 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1622 by Brenda Santoyo, LVEJO and Jeremy Orr, NRDC [Original post on NRDC blog here.] Access to clean, safe, affordable water is a human right. And this pandemic has shown us that this human right can be the difference between life and death—especially for already overburdened communities. An inability to keep up with the rising costs of water over […]

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]]> http://www.lvejo.org/chicagoland-latinx-communities-face-barriers-to-water-access/feed/ 0 Lead, rising water bills are twin disasters for Chicago’s low-income families http://www.lvejo.org/lead-rising-water-bills-are-twin-disasters-for-chicagos-low-income-families/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lead-rising-water-bills-are-twin-disasters-for-chicagos-low-income-families http://www.lvejo.org/lead-rising-water-bills-are-twin-disasters-for-chicagos-low-income-families/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:17:32 +0000 http://www.lvejo.org/?p=1614 The city should continue its moratorium on shut-offs and work with communities so water access doesn’t become a destructive debt. JULIANA PINO | September 26, 2019 01:55 PM [Original post on Crain’s Chicago Business website here.] Access to clean, affordable water is essential for life—and a human right. Despite this, thousands of households across Chicago […]

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