LVEJO

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 fac...

http://www.lvejo.org/three-lessons-on-how-communities-can-support-the-struggle-for-water-justice-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-blog/

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 b...

http://www.lvejo.org/shockingtoxicleadguardian/

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 L...

http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-2-0-an-environmental-justice-study/

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 ...

http://www.lvejo.org/little-village-economic-and-public-health-analysis/

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 Justi...

http://www.lvejo.org/illinois-house-advances-critical-environmental-justice-legislation/

by Nancy Meza, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Cyatharine Alias, Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) | January 28, 2022 Little Village Environmental Justice O...

http://www.lvejo.org/authentic-collaboration-critical-to-equitable-outcomes/

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-Leadin...

http://www.lvejo.org/illinois-house-passes-nation-leading-climate-and-equitable-jobs-act/

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 drin...

http://www.lvejo.org/water-health-in-little-village-study/

by Brenda Santoyo, LVEJO and Jeremy Orr, NRDC 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 ...

http://www.lvejo.org/chicagoland-latinx-communities-face-barriers-to-water-access/

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 Access to clean, af...

http://www.lvejo.org/lead-rising-water-bills-are-twin-disasters-for-chicagos-low-income-families/