by Nicole Mcclain | Jul 13, 2020 | Bayview Hunters Point, Behind the Scenes, Community Partners, LEJ News
Patrick and Nicole were interviewed by Eric Simons for this Op-Ed piece in Bay Nature Magazine. Here’s what Nicole had this to say about the impact of Covid-19: “[Candlestick] it’s like a forgotten zone. That existed before, but COVID illuminated that...
by Hollis Pierce-Jenkins | Jun 13, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Eco-Apprentice, Uncategorized
Chantelle is celebrating her one year anniversary as an Eco-Apprentice at LEJ and we’re honored to share her story. Chantelle grew up in the Philippines and immigrated to the Bay Area when she was 18 years old with many of her siblings. She has worked in office...
by Nicole Mcclain | May 19, 2020 | Bayview Hunters Point, Behind the Scenes
My name is Jawanza Barial-Lumumba and I’m not only a member of the Board of Directors for Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), I was a youth participant once upon a time. LEJ provided many tools and resources that helped me to continue work in the non-profit...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Apr 10, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, LEJ News, Urban Greening
LEJ is slowly emerging from the cocoon it’s been wrapped in for the last few weeks. As of this Tuesday, we are slowly easing back into plant operations. We are fortunate that the urban greening work we do to support the public infrastructure projects on Treasure...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Jan 22, 2020 | Bayview Hunters Point, Behind the Scenes, Eco-Apprentice, LEJ News
To cap off our Eco-Apprentice story series, we wanted to feature one more member of the LEJ family. Please read on to learn a little bit about Maycee Pogue, who started at LEJ in September 2018 and finished in March 2019. Maycee answers the five questions we like to...
by Literacy for Environmental Justice | Jan 21, 2020 | Bayview Hunters Point, Behind the Scenes, Eco-Apprentice, LEJ News
Denicka Posadas was an Eco-Apprentice in 2018. In December Denicka answered questions about the Eco-Apprentice program. 1. How long were you at LEJ? I was an eco-apprentice for LEJ around 9 months, I wanted to go on further but during that time I had a lot on my plate...
