East Yard Summer Water Tours
Writen by Janet Valenzuela What an honor and privilege it has been to work with East Yard members on this Water Tour series for the month of August. This month we visited Dominguez Gap Wetlands in Long Beach,… Read More
La lucha sigue! By Isella Ramirez
EYCEJ member Isella Ramirez responds to Governor Jerry Brown proposal of a $176.6 million Exide Clean Up Plan and the impact Exide’s lead contamination has on her mothers health and the long struggle yet to come, ‘….organizing works! In… Read More
#GivingTuesday is your chance to give back!
Join EYCEJ online today for #GivingTuesday, the massive global online giving event. For your #GivingTuesday donation, become a member of EYCEJ.
Governor Jerry Brown Commits to Move the State Towards Zero-Emission Technologies
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown issued an Executive Order calling on state agencies to develop an action plan by July 2016 ‘that establishes clear targets to improve freight efficiency, transition to zero-emission technologies, and increase competitiveness of California’s freight… Read More
Unveiling of No Idling Signs in City of Commerce
This morning, the City of Commerce held the unveiling of No Idling Signs. A partnership between the City of Commerce, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the Department of Toxic and Substance Control (DTSC) and East Yard Communities… Read More
“A Conversation Deferred…Yet Again” by Taylor Thomas
“A Conversation Deferred…Yet Again” by Taylor Thomas “Last week, AQMD held a conference in Downtown LA to, in their words “highlight ways in which public agencies can better collaborate with local communities and improve coordination in responding to… Read More
EYCEJ Seed Bank: Queering Environmental Justice by Xugo Lujan
EYCEJ is launching a blog series, #EYCEJSeedBank, focus on highlighting leaders within our movement. This series is to lift up the passion that fuels our work. As communities committed to #FightingForLife we are constantly battling larger systems of power,… Read More
Youth In Action! (YA!) takes a visit to USC
On Monday,Youth In Action (YA!) members from Bell Gardens High School participated in a USC student panel and campus tour. The day began with a presentation provided by Professor Ed Avol from the Keck School of Medicine of… Read More
Moving Forward Network- Baltimore 2015
“During the last week of January, activists, residents, policy makers, researchers and others gathered in Baltimore to build, connect, and learn how we can all work towards creating healthy and sustainable communities. For members of the Moving Forward… Read More
Posted: October 15, 2021 by tthomas
A Brief Note to AQMD
As I write this, our planet’s ecosystem is steadily falling further into collapse. The battle for the survival of life on Earth is heating up (no pun intended), and at the center of this struggle is the tension… Read More