Wanna learn more about community groups organizing around issues like tenants rights and the cop academy? The Humboldt Park Housing Project (HPHP), a group fighting for affordable housing for low-income residents, is holding a teach-in at their headquarters (1629 N. Washtenaw). HPHP has been living in vacant public housing since January and is currently fighting […]
Tag: Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
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Farmers, drive-ins, and shrines
Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
Posted inArts & Culture
The movement will be beautified
In a show of racial unity, Latinx artists across Chicago have spent the summer contributing their talents to the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
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For Latino activists, transportation justice means factoring in immigration and gentrification
Undocumented residents have special concerns, and infrastructure-related housing price spikes are a major issue.
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Rahm’s first commercial turns a community victory into a personal victory
How much credit does Mayor Emanuel deserve for the closing of coal plants in Little Village and Pilsen?
Posted inNews & Politics
Kimberly Wasserman Nieto, the rallier
The People Issue: Kimberly Wasserman Nieto, environmental rallier
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Picnicking on the North Shore, touring Pilsen restaurants, navigating Indian menus, and more.
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8/28—Clean Air and Water Show
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization hosts a Chicago Clean Air and Water Show.
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The latest dirt on the soil and rubble ordinance
The city revives its proposal to allow reuse of construction-related dirt and soil, provoking a political firestorm.
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A clean power play
An environmental group asks for a pollution crackdown–for the Olympics, if not for city residents.