Fall 2020

December 23, 2020

Calling Little Village Artists!

The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and the Chicago ACT Collective are collaborating once again in early January 2021! We will to continue to inform residents about environmental justice efforts happening in the Little Village community through an interactive Just Transition Vol. 1, bilingual coloring book for all ages. This effort grew from LVEJO’s current “Hell No Hilco” campaign led by the Just Transition team and support provided by the Chicago ACT Collective to bring popular education through the arts in past summer event in 2020. Project leads: Jocelyn Vazquez-Gomez, Just Transition Youth Outreach team member & William Estrada, Chicago ACT Collective (cc’d on this email).  

See proposal. For inspiration, please visit https://lavillitarespira.com/   

Submit drawing: January 8, 2021

Submit via email to Jocelyn Vazquez-Gomez: jvazqu67@uic.edu  

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December 14, 2020

🚨Little Village Institutions need to hear from residents and neighboring communities about the Hilco/ Exchange 55 – Target Warehouse Facility 🚨

Recall during our last virtual community meeting, we shared that a *group of Little Village institutions are trying to set-up a meeting with Target Corporations about Hilco’s Exchange 55 development and possible community benefits. They want to hear from you! They want to know if residents are worried about public health, semi-truck traffic, air & land pollution, any interests in continuing the development with more community benefits.

To be clear, LVEJO is not part of the *group because after decades of campaigning for clean air and pushing for a just transition at the Crawford Coal Power Plan site and in Little Village, a warehouse logistics facility is not what residents envisioned. Especially after the environmental disaster earlier in April (during a pandemic) and City of Chicago’s lax consequences, we therefore uplift our continued demands for Target Corp to break their lease, Cook County to rescind the 20 million dollar tax break Hilco received in 2019, and for Hilco to vacate the Crawford site or for the City of Chicago exercise its rights under Eminent Domain to secure the Crawford & Fisk sites from Hilco Redevelopment Partners. Encouraging folks to visit:https://lavillitarespira.com/ & take a look under the tabs “Diesel Dangers” & “Resources.”

The *group of organizations that are overseeing the results of this survey include: Beyond the Ball, Central States SER, Little Village Chamber of Commerce, New Life Centers of Chicago, St. Agnes Church, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Erie Neighborhood House, La Villita Community Church, Warehouse Works for Justice, Universidad Popular, and Enlace Chicago. Please complete the attached survey and help circulate.  It only takes 3 minutes and it will help us gather feedback from the community.  Take survey://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Hilco-target 

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14 de Diciembre de 2020

🚨Instituciones de La Villita necesitan escuchar de ustedes, les residentes y comunidades vecinas, sobre Hilco / Exchange 55 – Almacen de Target 🚨

Recuerdan que durante nuestra última junta comunitaria virtual, compartimos que un *grupo de instituciones de La Villita están tratando de organizar una reunión con la Target Corp, sobre el desarrollo de Hilco / Exchange 55 con el propósito de obtener beneficios para la comunidad. El grupo busca su opinión! Quieren saber si les residentes están preocupados por la salud pública, el tráfico de camiones, la contaminación del aire y la tierra, cualquier interés en continuar el desarrollo con más beneficios para la comunidad.

Para ser transparente, LVEJO no es parte del *grupo porque después de décadas de liderar campañas por aire limpio y presionar por una transición justa en el sitio de Crawford Coal Power Plan y en La Villita, una instalación de logística de almacén no es lo que los residentes imaginaron. Especialmente después del desastre ambiental a principios de abril (durante una pandemia) y las laxas consecuencias de la ciudad de Chicago, por lo tanto, elevamos nuestras demandas continuas para que Target Corp rompa su contrato de arrendamiento, Condado de Cook rescinda la exención de impuestos de 20 millones de dólares que Hilco recibió en el 2019, y que Hilco desocupe el sitio de Crawford o que la Ciudad de Chicago ejerza sus derechos bajo el Dominio Eminente para asegurar los sitios de Crawford & Fisk de Hilco Redevelopment Partners. Alentar a la gente a visitar: https: //lavillitarespira.com/ y visiten páginas “Diesel Dangers” y “Resources.”

 El *grupo de organizaciones que supervisan les resultados de esta encuesta incluye: Beyond the Ball, Central States SER, Little Village Chamber of Commerce, New Life Centers of Chicago, St. Agnes Church, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Erie Neighborhood House, La Villita Community Church, Warehouse Works for Justice, Universidad Popular y Enlace Chicago. Por favor complete la encuesta adjunta y ayude a circular. Solo toma 3 minutos y nos ayudará a recopilar comentarios de la comunidad. Encuesta ://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Hilco-target

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Missed some virtual community meetings? No worries! Visit “Presentations (Presentaciones)” tab under “Resources” / ¿Te perdiste algunas juntas comunitarias virtual? ¡Sin preocupaciones! Visiten “Presentations (Presentaciones)” bajo “Resources” en la página principal.

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The Solar Jobs Training Program provides 12 weeks of comprehensive training that prepares students for careers, such as Solar PV Installers, Site Surveyors, Project Managers, Sales, and Design! Our students will also receive a stipend, transportation assistance, job placement assistance, support services, mentorship, and much more. Here are a few steps interested students need to complete: 

1) Fill out an application elevateenergy.org/solar-training- Note: When asked how did you hear about the program? Make sure you check the LVEJO box. 

2) Attend one of the upcoming orientation sessions: HERE

3) Save the date for LVEJO’s Solar Informational on THIS Thursday, December 17, from 10-11am. 

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