During SJNN Cycle 4, Fellows Jennifer Galan and Gerardo Salgado Flores explored aspects of environmental justice in Little Village in print, audio and photography. Galan and Salgado are members of Yollocalli Arts Reach, a Little Village youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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What comes to your mind when you hear the name Little Village? When I tell people I’m from La Villita, they automatically say “Where’s that at?” and “I’ve never heard of that community.”
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Andrew Bermudez collects bicycles throughout the Chicagoland area, sorting damaged and undamaged bikes as a volunteer coordinator at Working Bikes. Along with Bermudez, volunteers Nick Kapaun and Christopher Miller follow the Working Bikes mission of bringing back to life bicycles that are abandoned or no longer being used.
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SJNN Fellow Antonio Lopez, senior adviser to the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, worked with Medill MSJ student Pat Nabong
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Chicago’s Southeast Side and Newton, Iowa both used to house thriving industries, keeping residents with a solid toe in the middle class through well-paid and steady factory work.
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UIC School of Public Health students and community members repurpose vacant lots as solar farms on Chicago’s South Side.
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SJNN fellow Kevin Stark has spent the spring exploring the intersection of politics, energy, immigration and change in Waukegan, Illinois
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