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NEW: Little Village Economic and Public Health Analysis
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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Illinois House Advances Critical Environmental Justice Legislation
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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Authentic Collaboration: Critical to Equitable Outcomes
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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