Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Environmental Justice
In March 1965, the first of three civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery took place to bring awareness to the struggles of disenfranchised African-Americans. A year later, in March 1966, Cesar Chavez organized a 340-mile march from Delano, in...
Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) wants to dramatically expand the 18 mile stretch of the I-710 freeway that runs from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to East Los Angeles, through mostly urban, low-income, minority neighborhoods. Due...
Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
The City of Maywood is the third smallest city in Los Angeles and one of its densest, with about 28,000 people living in a 1.14 square mile area. Despite the city's small size, it has faced a number of big...
Posted by Lizzeth Henao in Environmental Justice
This past Thursday, I had the privilege of representing NRDC at a school assembly for students at Los Angeles High School of the Arts. LAHSA is a small Los Angeles Unified School District pilot school located in the physical grounds...
