Antonio Reyes López highlights the local sustainability plan and victories of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).
Conversation with Dr. Antonio R. López, Executive Director of LVEJO, and Kellen Marshall, PhD candidate in ecology and evolution in the Department of Biological Sciences. This past Tuesday on November 10th, we got to hear from…
On October 15th we had a screening of Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds in collaboration with the Heritage Garden. Afterwards we gathered for a conversation moderated by the multi-talented storyteller and farmer Stephanie Douglass.…
Roxana Delgado (Left) – Ruben Bautista (Middle) – Gabriela Reno (Right) On October 1st we met 3 UIC Latina/o students whose dreams to travel abroad were fulfilled. Through conversation and a short Q&A…
On October 2012, the LCC banned bottled water in the Gallery and its facilities. Three years later, and we’re still advocating for access to clean drinking water as a fundamental human right. Banning bottled…
“Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.” ― Naomi Klein We registered over 70 students on National Voter Registration Day! If you missed us,…
Following our screening of “No Le Digas a Nadie” the UIC Heritage Gardeners released one of the monarch butterflies that had hatched the night before. The butterfly habitat is located in front of our Center,…
On Thursday, September 10 we partnered with the Latin American and Latino Studies Program to host a our first Civic Cinema program of the fall with the screening of No Le Digas a Nadie/Don’t…
“Peace means ALL people can live without FEAR without APOLOGY of who they are.” On the third week back to school we collaborated with all the six Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change…
José Luis Gutiérrez, Director, Casa Michoacán José Luis, one of our LCC Ambassadors, talks about the importance of exercising the right to vote on political issues happening in Mexico, as Mexican citizens living…