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Written By: king1028skwirl on April 5, 2012 No Comment

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Who are We?

The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization is a grassroots community led organization committed to leadership development for the sustainable self determination of Little Village [...]

Written By: Transit Organizer on February 23, 2011 One Comment
Transit for Jobs, Service and Clean Air!

CHICAGO – Thursday, February 17, 2010, labor and community groups united in a downtown demonstration for transit – for jobs, service and clean air. The demonstration was part of a series of national actions coordinated by Transit Riders for Public Transportation – a national civil rights and environmental justice campaign to shape federal transportation policy.

Little [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on February 1, 2011 No Comment

My Radio Arte – First Voice piece regarding the 31st Street Cooperative featuring interviews with Chicago IWW Branch & Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) activist Mike Pitula & residents of Little Village.

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December 12th, 2010

Welcome to First Voice on Radio Arte, broadcasting live every Tuesday from the heart of [...]

Written By: Transit Organizer on January 25, 2011 No Comment

Chicago streets go on a road diet – chicagotribune.com.

Hilkevich came out with this story a few weeks ago.

There is a climate change angle to this story. That is that current forecasts for climate change in Chicago suggests we’ll be seeing (and we’ve already been seeing) increased precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) Paved surfaces increase flooding [...]

Written By: Transit Organizer on November 30, 2010 No Comment

Transit Group Applauds Shake-UP of Service Boards

Citizens Taking Action, an organization comprised of transit dependent riders, applauds the recent introduction of measures in the Illinois State Legislature calling for replacement of all the current mass-transit board members. The initiatives would eliminate salaries, health care and pensions for board members at the Regional Transportation Authority, the [...]

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