Literacy for Environmental Justice










800 Innes Ave, Unit 11
San Francisco, CA 94124
Phone: 415-282-6840
Fax: 415-282-6839

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Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) is an urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization created specifically to address the unique ecological and social concerns of Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco, and the surrounding communities of Mission, Potrero Hill, Visitacion Valley, and Excelsior.
Save Candlestick Point! 48 state parks slated for closure
 www.savestateparks.org


Thousands do their part on Earth Day
What's on the Minds of Youth

Preventing Obesity in California:
A Call for Policy and Community-Based Approaches
(PDF: Our Good Neighbor program is featured in page 4)


LEJ's "Greenway" efforts at Heron's Head Park featured in Bay Nature Magazine

Founding Director, Dana Lanza in the spotlight of the Orion Magazine



LEJ Youth Tanisha Gooch, Jasmine Dow and La Constance Shahid with CA State Assemblymember Ira Ruskin, Chair of the Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee. Ruskin is introducing the 2006 Safe and Healthy Schools Legislation Package that resulted from their testimony during the Legislative Hearing at the Education Not Contamination Conference held in Dec 2005.

EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 


 State-wide Education Not Contamination Conference & State Legislative Hearing
Follow-up Report (PDF)
 

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