LEJ in the News!

The Welcome to the NeighborHOOD Project Event brite (February-March 2010)

The EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park  Go to Blogger (February 18, 2010)

"Heron's Head Park Stone To Become a Traveling Exhibit" SF Weekly (January 12, 2010) - LEJ executive director Malik Looper said his organization has plans to have Velazquez build yet-another installation on the site of a new EcoCenter near the Heron's Head entrance

"San Francisco's Children's Museum Presents 'My San Francisco: A Neighborhood Mashup'" Zeum (January 6, 2010)

"Welcome to the NeighborHOOD Project' at Sargent Johnson Gallery in San Francisco" Stark Silver Creek (December 28, 2009)

"Environmental Education Off the Grid" Bay Nature (January-March 2010) - features Bayview Hunters Point residents youth is helping to shape their future community with Laurie Schoeman, project manager for LEJ

"Meet the Andy Goldsworthy of Heron's Head Park" SF Weekly (December 21, 2009) - features Heron's Head Park in Hunters Point is one of San Francisco's secret treasures

200 High Tech Volunteers Join Final Phase Construction of San Francisco’s “Greenest Building”

"Welcome to the NeighborHOOD," The Bayview Newspaper (October 27, 2009) - article by Project Coordinator La Constance Shahid on year-long collaboration between LEJ youth and artists

"National Parks Special: Bringing the Parks to the People," KQED Quest (September 29, 2009) - featuring LEJ's Bay Youth for the Environment program

"Students Saving the Ocean," Independent documentary trailer (October 7, 2009) - featuring LEJ youth leader Shante Austin and staffer Tracy Zhu at Coastal Cleanup Day

"Coastal Cleanup Day Brightens Bay Area Beaches," CBS5 (September 19, 2009) - featuring the students of Visitacion Valley Middle School and LEJ staffer Tracy Zhu at Candlestick Point SRA

"Tons of Junk Collected on Cleanup Day," San Francisco Chronicle (September 19, 2009) - featuring the students of San Francisco School and LEJ youth leader Brittany Brandon at Candlestick Point SRA

LEJ Names Malik Looper Executive Director

"Thousands Volunteer to Clean Up Bay Area Coast," San Francisco Chronicle (September 21, 2008)

Video of Heron's Head Park Educator Anthony Khalil speaking at Slow Food (August 29, 2008)

"A Breath of Fresh Air in the Bayview: Building an Oasis in One of San Francisco's Most Toxic Neighborhoods," 

SF Chronicle Op-Ed by La Constance Shahid (April 28, 2008)

"San Francisco Breaks Ground on Green Education Facility," Fog City News (April 23, 2008)

"Goats and Green at Heron's Head Park," San Francisco Bay Guardian (April 23, 2008)

"Groundbreaking of EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park," KTVU Channel 2 (April 22, 2008)

"Groundbreaking of EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park," KRON4 News (April 22, 2008)

"Groundbreaking of EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park," NBC11 (April 22, 2008)

"Off the Grid EcoCenter," Your TV 20 (April 22, 2008)

"San Francisco Breaks Ground on Green Education Facility for Youth in Bayview Hunters Point," San Francisco Sentinel (April 22, 2008)

Bayview Youth Advises Navy on Shipyard Clean-Up

Hunters Point Projects Win National Garden Award

LEJ Staffer Joins Statewide Policy Thinktank