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Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

Covid Series. ART CREDIT: Eva Azenaro-Acero
Posted inActivism

La Villita: Space to Breathe

by Marie Mendoza and Ester Wells June 23, 2021July 14, 2021

lie Amador lives on Trumbull Avenue. She’s the oldest of eight. Now twenty-four years old, she grew up playing on the swings in Limas Park and running around on the grass. But her younger siblings don’t do the same. “It’s no longer a park in our eyes,” she said. “My little sisters and my little […]

Posted inBest of the South Side 2020

Lo mejor de La Villita 2020

by Jacqueline Serrato January 24, 2021February 25, 2021
Renderings of the “Always Growing, Auburn Gresham” Chicago Prize-winning plan. Courtesy Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation.
Posted inAuburn Gresham

With the Competition for the Chicago Prize Behind Them, South and West Side Community Organizations Keep Doing the Work

by Jonathan Dale December 11, 2020July 23, 2021
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Best of La Villita 2020

by Jacqueline Serrato November 27, 2020February 25, 2021
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Keeping Art Alive During a Pandemic

by Yiwen Lu and Walter Li June 9, 2020June 13, 2020
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